Substituted propargylamines

ABSTRACT

The present invention relates to the use of substituted aryl- and heteroarylpropargylamines of the formula (I)  
                 
where 
     a) R 1  is heteroaryl or aryl, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals,    b) A is a group CR 4 R 5  or C═O, where 
       R 4  is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl;    R 5  is hydrogen, halogen or a substituted or unsubstituted hydrocarbon radical;    
       c) R 2  and R 3  together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form N-heteroaryl or N-heterocyclyl, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals, if appropriate also as N-oxide or salt, as pesticide against arthropods and helminths for protecting plants and animals.

CROSS-REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS

This is a divisional of application Ser. No. 10/225,354, filed Aug. 22, 2002, now allowed, incorporated by reference herein in its entirety and relied upon, which claims the priority of German Application Nos. 10141339.4 of Aug. 23, 2001 and 10217697.3 of Apr. 20, 2002.

The invention relates to the use of substituted aryl- and heteroarylpropargylamines as pesticides, in particular against harmful arthropods and helminths.

In EP-A-0 041 324, 1-[3-(3,5-bistrifluoromethylphenyl)-2-propynyl]4-tert-butylpiperidine is described as rodenticide. Similar compounds in which the tertiary butyl radical is substituted are described in DE-A-3 504 412. Further compounds of this type in which the butyl radical is replaced by other alkyl radicals are described in 1987 BCPC mono. No. 37 Stored Products Pest Control, p. 125. In addition, there are further publications in which compounds are mentioned in which aryl radicals are attached via propargyl to nitrogen-containing heterocycles.

Surprisingly, it has now been found that compounds of this type have insecticidal, acaricidal and helminthicidal action. Some of the compounds are novel.

The invention provides a method for controlling harmful arthropods, such as insects and Acarina, and helminths, such as parasites of animals and plant-damaging nematodes, which comprises applying to these pests or to the plants or animals, areas or substrates infected by them an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I)

where

-   a) R¹ is heteroaryl or aryl, unsubstituted or mono- or     polysubstituted by identical or different radicals, -   b) A is a group CR⁴R⁵ or C═O, where     -   R⁴ is hydrogen, halogen or alkyl;     -   R⁵ is hydrogen, halogen or a substituted or unsubstituted         hydrocarbon radical; -   c) R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are     attached form N-heteroaryl or N-heterocyclyl, unsubstituted or mono-     or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals,     if appropriate also as N-oxide and/or salt.

The invention also provides the use of compounds of the formula (I) for controlling arthropods, such as insects and Acarina, and helminths, such as parasites of animals and plant-damaging nematodes.

Many of the compounds of the formula (I) are novel, and the invention embraces all novel compounds of the formula (I), in particular those in which

-   a) R¹ is heteroaryl which is unsubstituted or mono- or     polysubstituted by identical or different radicals or is aryl which     is mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals, -   b) A is as defined above; -   c) R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are     attached form a piperidine which is unsubstituted or mono- or     polysubstituted by identical or different radicals,     with the proviso that, if R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom     to which they are attached form a piperidine radical which is     unsubstituted or substituted in the 4-position by unsubstituted or     substituted alkyl, R¹ is not 3,5-bistrifluoromethylphenyl.

In the above formula, a hydrocarbon radical is a straight-chain, branched or cyclic saturated, partially saturated, unsaturated or aromatic organic radical having preferably 1 to 20 carbon atoms, for example alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkynyl, aryl or benzyl. This definition also applies to composite terms, such as cycloalkylalkenyl, cycloalkynylalkyl and arylalkynyl. If a hydrocarbon radical contains additional heteroatoms, these can in principle, i.e. the chemical structure permitting, be located in any position of the hydrocarbon radical.

In formula (I) and all subsequent formulae, carbon-containing radicals in the form of a chain, such as alkyl, alkoxy, haloalkyl, haloalkoxy, alkylamino and alkylthio, and the corresponding radicals which are unsaturated and/or substituted in the carbon skeleton, such as alkenyl and alkynyl, can in each case be straight-chain or branched. Unless indicated otherwise, in these radicals the lower carbon skeletons, preferably those having 1 to 6 carbon atoms or, in the case of unsaturated groups, 2 to 4 carbon atoms, are preferred.

Alkyl radicals, also in composite groups such as alkoxy, haloalkyl, etc., are, for example, methyl, ethyl, n- or isopropyl, n-, iso-, t- or 2-butyl, pentyl radicals, hexyl radicals, such as n-hexyl, isohexyl and 1,3-dimethylbutyl, heptyl radicals, such as n-heptyl, 1-methylhexyl, 1,4-dimethylpentyl, and benzyl; alkenyl and alkynyl radicals, also in the composite groups, have the meaning of the unsaturated radicals which are possible and correspond to the alkyl radicals; alkenyl is, for example, allyl, 1-methylprop-2-en-1-yl, 2-methyl-prop-2-en-1-yl, but-2-en-1-yl, but-3-en-1-yl, 1-methyl-but-3-en-1-yl and 1-methyl-but-2-en-1-yl; alkynyl is, for example, propargyl, but-2-yn-1-yl, but-3-yn-1-yl, 1-methyl-but-3-yn-1-yl. The multiple bond can be located in any position of the unsaturated radical.

Cycloalkyl is a carbocyclic saturated ring system having preferably three to eight carbon atoms, for example cyclopropyl, cyclobutyl, cyclopentyl or cyclohexyl. Analogously, cycloalkenyl is a monocyclic alkenyl group having three to eight carbon ring members, for example cyclopropenyl, cyclobutenyl, cyclopentenyl and cyclohexenyl, where the double bond can be located in any position.

In the case of composite radicals, such as cycloalkylalkenyl, the first-mentioned radical can be located in any position of the second-mentioned radical.

In the case of an amino group which is doubly substituted, such as dialkylamino, these two substituents can be identical or different.

Halogen is fluorine, chlorine, bromine or iodine. Haloalkyl, -alkenyl and -alkynyl, etc., is alkyl, alkenyl and alkynyl, respectively, which is partially or fully substituted by halogen, preferably by fluorine, chlorine and/or bromine, in particular by fluorine or chlorine, for example CF₃, CHF₂, CH₂F, CF₂CF₃, CHClCH₂F, CCl₃, CCl₂F, CClF₂, CHCl₂, CH₂CH₂Cl; haloalkoxy is, for example, OCF₃, OCHF₂, OCH₂F, OCF₂CF₃, OCH₂CF₃ and OCH₂CH₂Cl; this applies correspondingly to other halogen-substituted radicals.

The term “heterocyclyl” is to be understood as meaning a saturated or partially unsaturated mono- or polycyclic ring system having preferably 3 to 14 ring members which contains one or more, preferably one to three, heteroatoms, preferably from a group consisting of oxygen, nitrogen (“N-heterocyclyl”) and sulfur. If chemically possible, the point of attachment can be in any position of the heterocycle. Examples are oxiranyl, aziridinyl, tetrahydrofuranyl, tetrahydrothienyl, pyrrolidinyl, isoxazolidinyl, isothioazolidinyl, pyrazolidinyl, oxazolidinyl, thiazolidinyl, imidazolidinyl, 1,2,4-oxadiazolidinyl, 1,2,4-thiadiazolidinyl, 1,2,4-triazolidin-3-yl, 1,3,4-thiadiazolidin-2-yl, 1,3,4-triazolidin-1-yl, 1,3,4-triazolidin-2-yl, 2,3-dihydrofuryl, 2,5-dihydrofuryl, 2,3-dihydrothienyl, 2,5-dihydrothienyl, 2,3-dihydropyrrolyl, 2,5-dihydropyrrolyl, 2,3-dihydroisoxazolyl, 4,5-dihydroisoxazolyl, 2,5-dihydroisothiazolyl, 2,3-dihydropyrazolyl, 4,5-dihydropyrazolyl, 2,5-dihydropyrazolyl, 2,3-dihydrooxazolyl, 4,5-dihydrooxazolyl, 2,5-dihydrooxazolyl, 2,3-dihydrothiazolyl, 4,5-dihydrothiazolyl, 2,5-dihydrothiazolyl, 2,3-dihydroimidazolyl, 4,5-dihydroimidazolyl, 2,5-dihydroimidazolyl, morpholinyl, piperidinyl, piperazinyl, tetrahydropyridazinyl, tetrahydropyrimidinyl, tetrahydropyrazinyl, 1,3,5-tetrahydrotriazinyl, 1,2,4-tetrahydrotriazin-1-yl, 1,2,4-tetrahydrotriazin-3-yl, 1,3-dihydrooxazinyl, 1,3-dithian-2-yl, tetrahydropyranyl, 1,3-dioxolan-2-yl, 3,4,5,6-tetrahydropyridin-2-yl, 1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridin-1-yl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydropyridin-1-yl, 1,2-dihydropyridin-1-yl, 1,4-dihydropyridin-1-yl, 4H-1,3-thiazinyl, 4H-3,1-benzothiazin-2-yl, 1,3-dithian-2-yl, 1,1-dioxo-2,3,4,5-tetrahydrothien-2-yl, 2H-1,4-benzothiazinyl, 1,3-dihydrooxazin-2-yl, hexahydroazepin-1-yl, homopiperazin-1-yl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroquinolin-1-yl, decahydroquinolin-1-yl, 1,2,3,4-tetrahydroisoquinolin-1-yl, decahydroisoquinolin-1-yl, 1,3,3-trimethyl-6-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octan-6-yl, 2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-yl, 2-aza-5-oxabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-yl, 2-aza-5-thiabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-2-yl, 2-methyl-2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-5-yl, 2-benzyl-2,5-diazabicyclo[2.2.1]heptan-5-yl, 4-azatricyclo[4.3.1.1 (3,8)]undecan-5-on-4-yl.

Aryl is an aromatic mono- or polycyclic hydrocarbon radical having preferably 6 to 14, particularly preferably 6 to 12, carbon atoms, for example, phenyl, naphthyl, biphenyl and phenanthryl.

Heteroaryl is an aromatic mono-, bi- or tricyclic ring system having preferably 5 to 14 ring members which, in addition to carbon ring members, contains one to four nitrogen atoms or one to three nitrogen atoms (“N-heteroaryl”) and one oxygen or one sulfur atom or one oxygen or one sulfur atom. Examples of 5-membered heteroaryl are 1-pyrrolyl, 2-pyrrolyl, 3-pyrrolyl, 1-pyrazolyl, 3-pyrazolyl, 4-pyrazolyl, 5-pyrazolyl, 1-imidazolyl, 2-imidazolyl, 4-imidazolyl, 1,2,4-triazol-3-yl, 1,3,4-triazol-2-yl, 1,2,3-triazol-1-yl, 2-furyl, 3-furyl, 2-thienyl, 3-thienyl, 3-isoxazolyl, 4-isoxazolyl, 5-isoxazolyl, 3-isothiazolyl, 4-isothiazolyl, 5-isothiazolyl, 2-oxazolyl, 4-oxazolyl, 5-oxazolyl, 2-thiazolyl, 4-thiazolyl, 5-thiazolyl, 1-imidazolyl, 2-imidazolyl, 1,2,4-oxadiazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-oxadiazol-5-yl, 1,2,4-thiadiazol-3-yl, 1,2,4-thiadiazol-5-yl, 1,3,4-oxadiazol-2-yl, 1,3,4-thiadiazol-2-yl. Examples of 6-membered heteroaryl are 2-pyridinyl, 3-pyridinyl, 4-pyridinyl, 3-pyridazinyl, 4-pyridazinyl, 2-pyrimidinyl, 4-pyrimidinyl, 5-pyrimidinyl, 6-pyrimidinyl, 2-pyrazinyl, 1,3,5-triazin-2-yl, 1,2,4-triazin-3-yl and 1,2,4,5-tetrazin-3-yl. Examples of fused 5-membered heteroaryl are benzothiazol-2-yl and benzoxazol-2-yl. Examples of benzo-fused 6-membered heteroaryl are quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, quinazolinyl and quinoxalinyl.

Depending on the nature and the attachment of the substituents, the compounds of the formula (I) can be present as stereoisomers. If, for example, one or more alkenyl groups are present, diastereomers may occur. If, for example, one or more asymmetrically substituted carbon atoms are present, enantiomers and diastereomers may occur. From the mixtures obtained in the preparation, stereoisomers can be obtained by customary separation methods, for example by chromatographic separation procedures. It is also possible to selectively prepare stereoisomers by using stereoselective reactions and employing optically active starting materials and/or auxiliaries. The invention also relates to all stereoisomers and mixtures thereof which are embraced by formula (I) but not specifically defined.

The term “partially or fully halogenated” is meant to express that in the groups thus characterized some or all of the hydrogen atoms may be replaced by identical or different halogen atoms as mentioned above.

If a group is polysubstituted, this is meant to be understood such that, when combining the different substituents, the general principles of the synthesis of chemical compounds are observed, i.e. that the formation of compounds is avoided of which the person skilled in the art knows that they are chemically unstable or impossible.

The symbols and indices of the formula (I) are preferably as defined below:

R¹ is an aryl or heteroaryl radical which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents from the group consisting of: alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkenyl, cycloalkylalkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, heteroarylalkynyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocyclylalkynyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, cycloalkylalkenyloxy, cycloalkylalkynyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, aryloxy, arylalkoxy, arylalkenyloxy, arylalkynyloxy, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylalkoxy, heteroarylalkenyloxy, heteroarylalkynyloxy, heterocyclyloxy, heterocyclylalkoxy, heterocyclylalkenyloxy, heterocyclylalkynyloxy, thio, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, cycloalkylthio, cycloalkylalkylthio, cycloalkylalkenylthio, cycloalkylalkynylthio, cycloalkenylthio, arylthio, arylalkylthio, arylalkenylthio, arylalkynylthio, heteroarylthio, heteroarylalkylthio, heteroarylalkenylthio, heteroarylalkynylthio, heterocyclylthio, heterocyclylalkylthio, heterocyclylalkenylthio, heterocyclylalkynylthio, amino, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or dialkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diheteroarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-arylamino, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-heteroarylamino, alkenylamino, alkynylamino, cycloalkylamino, cycloalkenylamino, heterocyclylalkylamino, heterocyclylalkenylamino, alkylsulfonyl, alkenylsulfonyl, alkynylsulfonyl, cycloalkylsulfonyl, cycloalkylalkylsulfonyl, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonyl, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, arylalkylsulfonyl, arylalkenylsulfonyl, arylalkynylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, heteroarylalkylsulfonyl, heteroarylalkenylsulfonyl, heteroarylalkynylsulfonyl, heterocyclylsulfonyl, heterocyclylalkylsulfonyl, heterocyclylalkenylsulfonyl, heterocyclylalkynylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, alkenylsulfinyl, alkynylsulfinyl, cycloalkylsulfinyl, cycloalkylalkylsulfinyl, cycloalkylalkenylsulfinyl, cycloalkylalkynylsulfinyl, arylsulfinyl, arylalkylsulfinyl, arylalkenylsulfinyl, arylalkynylsulfinyl, heteroarylsulfinyl, heteroarylalkylsulfinyl, heteroarylalkenylsulfinyl, heteroarylalkynylsulfinyl, heterocyclylsulfinyl, arylalkylsulfinyl, heterocyclylalkenylsulfinyl, heterocyclylalkynylsulfinyl, aminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or dialkylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diarylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diheteroarylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-arylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-heteroarylaminosulfonyl, alkylsulfonyloxy, alkenylsulfonyloxy, alkynylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylalkylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, arylalkylsulfonyloxy, arylalkenylsulfonyloxy, arylalkynylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylalkylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylalkenylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylalkynylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylalkylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylalkenylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylalkynylsulfonyloxy, alkylsulfonylamino, alkenylsulfonylamino, alkynylsulfonylamino, cycloalkylsulfonylamino, cycloalkylalkylsulfoamino, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonylamino, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonylamino, arylsulfonylamino, arylalkylsulfonylamino, arylalkenylsulfonoamino, arylalkynylsulfonylamino, heteroarylsulfonylamino, heteroarylalkylsulfonylamino, heteroarylalkenylsulfonoamino, heteroarylalkynylsulfonylamino, alkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, alkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, N-alkylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, formyl, alkylcarbonyl, alkenylcarbonyl, alkynylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylalkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylalkenylcarbonyl, cycloalkylalkynylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, arylalkylcarbonyl, arylalkenylcarbonyl, arylalkynylcarbonyl, heteroarylcarbonyl, heteroarylalkylcarbonyl, heteroarylalkenylcarbonyl, heteroarylalkynylcarbonyl, heterocyclylcarbonyl, heterocyclylalkylcarbonyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocyclylalkynylcarbonyl, formyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, alkynylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylalkylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylalkenylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylalkynylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylalkylcarbonyloxy, arylalkenylcarbonyloxy, arylalkynylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylalkylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylalkenylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylalkynylcarbonyloxy, heterocyclylcarbonyloxy, heterocyclylalkylcarbonyloxy, heterocyclylalkenyloxy, heterocyclylalkynylcarbonyloxy, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyloxycarbonyl, alkynyloxycarbonyl, cycloalkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkylalkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkylalkenyloxycarbonyl, cycloalkylalkynyloxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, arylalkenyloxycarbonyl, arylalkynyloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, heteroarylalkoxycarbonyl, heteroarylalkenyloxycarbonyl, heteroarylalkynyloxycarbonyl, heterocyclyloxycarbonyl, heterocyclylalkoxycarbonyl, heterocyclylalkenyloxycarbonyl, heterocyclylalkynyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or dialkylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diarylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diheteroarylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-arylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-heteroarylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonyl-N-alkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted arylcarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted arylcarbonyl-N-arylamino, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylcarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylcarbonyl-N-heteroarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonyl-N-arylamino, unsubstituted or substituted arylcarbonyl-N-alkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonyl-N-heteroarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylcarbonyl-N-alkylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, alkenyloxycarbonylamino, alkynyloxycarbonylamino, cycloalkoxycarbonylamino, cycloalkylalkoxycarbonylamino, cycloalkylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, cycloalkylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, aryloxycarbonylamino, arylalkoxycarbonylamino, arylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, arylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, heteroaryloxycarbonylamino, heteroarylalkoxycarbonylamino, heteroarylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, heteroarylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, heterocyclyloxycarbonylamino, heterocyclylalkoxycarbonylamino, heterocyclylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, heterocyclylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, alkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, alkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, alkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, aryloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, formyl, halogen, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, haloalkoxy, haloalkenyloxy, haloalkynyloxy, haloalkylthio, haloalkenylthio, haloalkynylthio, haloalkylamino, haloalkenylamino, haloalkynylamino, haloalkylsulfonyl, haloalkenylsulfonyl, haloalkynylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfinyl, haloalkenylsulfinyl, haloalkynylsulfinyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, haloalkenylcarbonyl, haloalkynylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyloxy, haloalkenylcarbonyloxy, haloalkynylcarbonyloxy, haloalkoxycarbonyl, haloalkenyloxycarbonyl, haloalkynyloxycarbonyl, haloalkylaminocarbonyl, haloalkenylaminocarbonyl, haloalkynylaminocarbonyl, haloalkoxycarbonylamino, haloalkenyloxycarbonylamino, haloalkynyloxycarbonylamino, alkoxyalkoxy, arylalkoxyalkoxy, cyano, nitro, or a radical from the group consisting of alkyl-NH—N═CH—, aryl-(CH₂)_(n)—NH—N═CH—, alkoxy-N═CH—, aryl-(CH₂)_(n)—O—N═CH—, alkyl-NH—NH—CO— and arylalkyl-NH—NH—CO—.

R¹ is particularly preferably aryl or heteroaryl, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, alkylcarbonyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkylthio, alkylsulfinyl, alkylsulfonyl, alkylsulfonyloxy, aryl, aryloxy, heteroaryl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, benzyl—where the seventeen last-mentioned groups may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different radicals from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy and alkylthio.

Very particularly preferred substituents with which the aryl or heteroaryl radical of group R¹ may be substituted are halogen, nitro, cyano, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-haloalkyl, (C₂-C₄)-haloalkenyl, (C₂-C₄)-haloalkynyl, (C₁-C₄)-haloalkoxy, (C₂-C₄)-haloalkenyloxy, (C₂-C₄)-haloalkynyloxy, unsubstituted or substituted aryl, heteroaryl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxycarbonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkylthio, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyloxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkylsulfonyl, aryloxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, where aryl, heteroaryl and/or heterocyclyl systems may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-haloalkyl and (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, or two substituents together form a group —O—CH₂—O— or —O—(CH₂)₂—O—.

Especially preferred are halogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-haloalkyl, nitro, cyano, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxycarbonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkylthio, phenyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyloxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkylsulfonyl, phenoxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl-piperidin-1-yl, where phenyl and piperidyl radicals may be unsubstituted or substituted by one or more radicals from the group consisting of halogen, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxy and (C₁-C₄)-haloalkyl, or that two substituents together form a group —O—CH₂—O— or —O—(CH₂)₂—O—.

From among the last-mentioned group of substituents, the following are preferred: F, Cl, CF₃, methyl, ethyl, isopropyl, n-propyl, nitro, cyano, —COOCH₃, —OCH₃, —OC₂H₅, —SCH₃, phenyl, o-phenyl, —O—C(O)-isopropyl, —SO₂CH₃, —C(O)CH₃, —O—CH₂—O— and —CH₃-(4-methylpiperidin-1-yl).

In group R¹, the aryl or heteroaryl radical is preferably from the group consisting of 2-thienyl, 3-thienyl, 2-pyridinyl, 3-pyridinyl, 4-pyridinyl, 3-pyridazinyl, 4-pyridazinyl, 2-pyrimidinyl, 4-pyrimidinyl, 5-pyrimidinyl, 6-pyrimidinyl, 2-pyrazinyl, 1,3,5-triazin-2-yl, 1,2,4-triazin-3-yl, quinolinyl, isoquinolinyl, quinazolinyl, quinoxalinyl, naphthyl or phenyl, in particular from the group consisting of phenyl, 2-pyridyl, 3-pyridyl, 4-pyridyl, 2-pyrimidinyl, 4-pyrimidinyl, 5-pyrimidinyl, 2-thienyl, 3-thienyl and quinolin-4-yl.

A is a group CR⁴R⁵ or C═O, where

-   -   R⁴ is preferably hydrogen, fluorine or methyl, particularly         preferably hydrogen or fluorine and very particularly preferably         hydrogen;     -   R⁵ is preferably hydrogen, fluorine, (C₁-C₄)-alkyl,         (C₂-C₄)-alkenyl, (C₂-C₄)-alkynyl, (C₃-C₆)-cycloalkyl,         (C₃-C₈)-cycloalkenyl, (C₃-C₆)-cycloalkyl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, aryl,         aryl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, heteroaryl, heteroaryl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl,         particularly preferably hydrogen, fluorine or methyl and very         particularly preferably hydrogen.

R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a N-heterocyclyl- or N-heteroaryl group which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents from the group consisting of alkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, cycloalkyl, cycloalkenyl, cycloalkylalkyl, cycloalkylalkenyl, cycloalkylalkynyl, aryl, arylalkyl, arylalkenyl, arylalkynyl, heteroaryl, heteroarylalkyl, heteroarylalkenyl, heteroarylalkynyl, heterocyclyl, heterocyclylalkyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocyclylalkynyl, hydroxy, alkoxy, alkenyloxy, alkynyloxy, cycloalkoxy, cycloalkylalkoxy, cycloalkylalkenyloxy, cycloalkylalkynyloxy, cycloalkenyloxy, aryloxy, arylalkoxy, arylalkenyloxy, arylalkynyloxy, heteroaryloxy, heteroarylalkoxy, heteroarylalkenyloxy, heteroarylalkynyloxy, heterocyclyloxy, heterocyclylalkoxy, heterocyclylalkenyloxy, heterocyclylalkynyloxy, thio, alkylthio, alkenylthio, alkynylthio, cycloalkylthio, cycloalkylalkylthio, cycloalkylalkenylthio, cycloalkylalkynylthio, cycloalkenylthio, arylthio, arylalkylthio, arylalkenylthio, arylalkynylthio, heteroarylthio, heteroarylalkylthio, heteroarylalkenylthio, heteroarylalkynylthio, heterocyclylthio, heterocyclylalkylthio, heterocyclylalkenylthio, heterocyclylalkynylthio, amino, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or dialkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diheteroarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-arylamino, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-heteroarylamino, alkenylamino, alkynylamino, cycloalkylamino, cycloalkenylamino, heterocyclylalkylamino, heterocyclylalkenylamino, alkylsulfonyl, alkenylsulfonyl, alkynylsulfonyl, cycloalkylsulfonyl, cycloalkylalkylsulfonyl, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonyl, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonyl, arylsulfonyl, arylalkylsulfonyl, arylalkenylsulfonyl, arylalkynylsulfonyl, heteroarylsulfonyl, heteroarylalkylsulfonyl, heteroarylalkenylsulfonyl, heteroarylalkynylsulfonyl, heterocyclylsulfonyl, heterocyclylalkylsulfonyl, heterocyclylalkenylsulfonyl, heterocyclylalkynylsulfonyl, alkylsulfinyl, alkenylsulfinyl, alkynylsulfinyl, cycloalkylsulfinyl, cycloalkylalkylsulfinyl, cycloalkylalkenylsulfinyl, cycloalkylalkynylsulfinyl, arylsulfinyl, arylalkylsulfinyl, arylalkenylsulfinyl, arylalkynylsulfinyl, heteroarylsulfinyl, heteroarylalkylsulfinyl, heteroarylalkenylsulfinyl, heteroarylalkynylsulfinyl, heterocyclylsulfinyl, arylalkylsulfinyl, heterocyclylalkenylsulfinyl, heterocyclylalkynylsulfinyl, aminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or dialkylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diarylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diheteroarylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-arylaminosulfonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-heteroarylaminosulfonyl, alkylsulfonyloxy, alkenylsulfonyloxy, alkynylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylalkylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonyloxy, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonyloxy, arylsulfonyloxy, arylalkylsulfonyloxy, arylalkenylsulfonyloxy, arylalkynylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylalkylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylalkenylsulfonyloxy, heteroarylalkynylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylalkylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylalkenylsulfonyloxy, heterocyclylalkynylsulfonyloxy, alkylsulfonylamino, alkenylsulfonylamino, alkynylsulfonylamino, cycloalkylsulfonylamino, cycloalkylalkylsulfoamino, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonylamino, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonylamino, arylsulfonylamino, arylalkylsulfonylamino, arylalkenylsulfonoamino, arylalkynylsulfonylamino, heteroarylsulfonylamino, heteroarylalkylsulfonylamino, heteroarylalkenylsulfonoamino, heteroarylalkynylsulfonylamino, alkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, alkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, N-alkyl-alkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkenylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkynylsulfonyl-N-alkylamino, alkylcarbonyl, alkenylcarbonyl, alkynylcarbonyl, cycloalkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylalkylcarbonyl, cycloalkylalkenylcarbonyl, cycloalkylalkynylcarbonyl, arylcarbonyl, arylalkylcarbonyl, arylalkenylcarbonyl, arylalkynylcarbonyl, heteroarylcarbonyl, heteroarylalkylcarbonyl, heteroarylalkenyl, heteroarylalkynylcarbonyl, heterocyclylcarbonyl, heterocyclylalkylcarbonyl, heterocyclylalkenyl, heterocyclylalkynylcarbonyl, formyloxy, alkylcarbonyloxy, alkenylcarbonyloxy, alkynylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylalkylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylalkenylcarbonyloxy, cycloalkylalkynylcarbonyloxy, arylcarbonyloxy, arylalkylcarbonyloxy, arylalkenylcarbonyloxy, arylalkynylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylalkylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylalkenylcarbonyloxy, heteroarylalkynylcarbonyloxy, heterocyclylcarbonyloxy, heterocyclylalkylcarbonyloxy, heterocyclylalkenyloxy, heterocyclylalkynylcarbonyloxy, carboxyl, alkoxycarbonyl, alkenyloxycarbonyl, alkynyloxycarbonyl, cycloalkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkylalkoxycarbonyl, cycloalkylalkenyloxycarbonyl, cycloalkylalkynyloxycarbonyl, aryloxycarbonyl, arylalkoxycarbonyl, arylalkenyloxycarbonyl, arylalkynyloxycarbonyl, heteroaryloxycarbonyl, heteroarylalkoxycarbonyl, heteroarylalkenyloxycarbonyl, heteroarylalkynyloxycarbonyl, heterocyclyloxycarbonyl, heterocyclylalkoxycarbonyl, heterocyclylalkenyloxycarbonyl, heterocyclylalkynyloxycarbonyl, aminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or dialkylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diarylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted mono- or diheteroarylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-arylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted N-alkyl-N-heteroarylaminocarbonyl, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonyl-N-alkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted arylcarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted arylcarbonyl-N-arylamino, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylcarbonylamino, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylcarbonyl-N-heteroarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonyl-N-arylamino, unsubstituted or substituted arylcarbonyl-N-alkylamino, unsubstituted or substituted alkylcarbonyl-N-heteroarylamino, unsubstituted or substituted heteroarylcarbonyl-N-alkylamino, alkoxycarbonylamino, alkenyloxycarbonylamino, alkynyloxycarbonylamino, cycloalkoxycarbonylamino, cycloalkylalkoxycarbonylamino, cycloalkylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, cycloalkylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, aryloxycarbonylamino, arylalkoxycarbonylamino, arylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, arylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, heteroaryloxycarbonylamino, heteroarylalkoxycarbonylamino, heteroarylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, heteroarylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, heterocyclyloxycarbonylamino, heterocyclylalkoxycarbonylamino, heterocyclylalkenyloxycarbonylamino, heterocyclylalkynyloxycarbonylamino, alkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, alkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, alkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, cycloalkylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, aryloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, arylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heteroarylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkoxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkenyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, heterocyclylalkynyloxycarbonyl-N-alkylamino, formyl, halogen, haloalkyl, haloalkenyl, haloalkynyl, haloalkoxy, haloalkenyloxy, haloalkynyloxy, haloalkylthio, haloalkenylthio, haloalkynylthio, haloalkylamino, haloalkenylamino, haloalkynylamino, haloalkylsulfonyl, haloalkenylsulfonyl, haloalkynylsulfonyl, haloalkylsulfinyl, haloalkenylsulfinyl, haloalkynylsulfinyl, haloalkylcarbonyl, haloalkenylcarbonyl, haloalkynylcarbonyl, haloalkylcarbonyloxy, haloalkenylcarbonyloxy, haloalkynylcarbonyloxy, haloalkoxycarbonyl, haloalkenyloxycarbonyl, haloalkynyloxycarbonyl, haloalkylaminocarbonyl, haloalkenylaminocarbonyl, haloalkynylaminocarbonyl, haloalkoxycarbonylamino, haloalkenyloxycarbonylamino, haloalkynyloxycarbonylamino, alkoxyalkoxy, arylalkoxyalkoxy, cyano, nitro, or a radical from the group consisting of alkyl-NH—N═CH—, aryl-(CH₂)_(n)—NH—N═CH—, alkoxy-N═CH—, aryl-(CH₂)_(n)—O—N═CH—, alkyl-NH—NH—CO— and arylalkyl-NH—NH—CO—.

Particularly preferably, R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form N-heteroaryl or N-heterocyclyl, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substitutents from the group consisting of (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₂-C₄)-alkenyl, (C₂-C₄)-alkynyl, (C₃-C₆)-cycloalkyl, (C₃-C₆)-heterocyclyl, (C₃-C₈)-cycloalkenyl, (C₃-C₆)-cycloalkyl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, aryl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, heteroaryl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyloxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkylsulfonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylsulfonyloxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxycarbonyl, SCN, (C₁-C₄)-dialkylamino, formyl—where the groups mentioned are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different radicals from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, phenyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy and alkylthio. Two substituents together may form a group —O—CH₂—O— or —O—(CH₂)₂—O— or, at the same carbon atom, ═O.

Very particularly preferably, R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form N-heteroaryl or N-heterocyclyl, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents from the group consisting of (C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₂-C₄)-alkenyl, (C₂-C₄)-alkynyl, (C₃-C₆)-cycloalkyl, (C₃-C₆)-heterocyclyl, (C₃-C₈)-cycloalkenyl, (C₃-C₆)-cycloalkyl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, aryl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, heteroaryl-(C₁-C₄)-alkyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylcarbonyloxy, (C₁-C₄)-alkoxycarbonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylsulfonyl, (C₁-C₄)-alkylsulfonyloxy—where the groups mentioned are unsubstituted or substituted by one or more identical or different radicals from the group consisting of halogen, nitro, cyano, alkyl, haloalkyl, cycloalkyl, alkenyl, alkynyl, alkoxy, haloalkoxy and alkylthio —SCN, (C₁-C₄)-dialkylamino, formyl, ═O, —O—CH₂—O—, —O—(CH₂)₂—O—.

Preferably, R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a 6-azabicyclo[3.2.1]octane, 1,2,5,6-tetrahydropyridine, decahydroquinoline, azepam, morpholine, piperazine, piperidine, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different substituents mentioned above, particularly preferably a piperidine.

Depending on the nature of the substituents defined above, the compounds of the formula (I) have acidic or basic properties and are able to form salts. Here, preference is given to the salts which are tolerable and customary in the field of pest control. If, for example, the compounds of the formula (I) carry groups such as hydroxyl, carboxyl or other groups which induce acidic properties, these compounds can be reacted with bases to give salts. Suitable bases are, for example, hydroxides, carbonates, bicarbonates of the alkali metals and alkaline earth metals, in particular those of sodium, potassium, magnesium and calcium, furthermore those of ammonia, of primary, secondary and tertiary amines having (C₁-C₄)-alkyl radicals and of mono-, di- and trialkanolamines of (C₁-C₄)-alkanols. If, for example, the compounds of the formula (I) carry groups such as amino, alkylamino and other groups which induce basic properties, these compounds can be reacted with acids to give salts. Suitable acids are, for example, mineral acids, such as hydrochloric acid, sulfuric acid and phosphoric acid, organic acids, such as acetic acid or oxalic acid, and acidic salts, such as NaHSO₄ and KHSO₄. The salts obtainable in this manner have insectidical, acaricidal and/or helminthicidal/nematicidal properties, too.

The compounds of the formula (I) may have one or more asymmetrically substituted carbon atoms or stereoisomers on double bonds. Accordingly, enantiomers or diastereomers may occur. The invention embraces both the pure isomers and their mixtures. The mixtures of diastereomers can be separated into the isomers by customary methods, for example by selective crystallization from suitable solvents or by chromatography. Racemates can be separated by customary methods into the enantiomers.

The compounds according to the invention are prepared by methods known per se from the literature, as described in standard works on organic synthesis, for example Houben-Weyl, Methoden der Organischen Chemie [Methods of organic chemistry], Georg-Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart.

The preparation is carried out under reaction conditions which are suitable and known for the reactions mentioned. It is also possible to employ variants known per se which are not mentioned in more detail here.

If desired, the starting materials can also be formed in situ, such that they are not isolated from the reaction mixture but immediately converted further into the compounds of the formula (I).

In all of the formulae mentioned below, the substituents and symbols have the same meaning as described under formula (I) unless defined otherwise.

Depending on the meaning of the substituents, the compounds of the formula (I) can be prepared, for example, by one or more of the processes shown in the schemes below.

The palladium-catalyzed crosscoupling (Sonogashira coupling) shown in scheme 1 of a compound of the formula (II) in which X is —OSO₂CF₃ or halogen, preferably iodine, with a compound of the formula (III) gives the compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention. This reaction is preferably carried out in the presence of an amine base, for example diethylamine, triethylamine, piperidine, pyrrolidine or DBU, which, in addition to other solvents such as benzene, toluene, DMF, THF or diethyl ether, may also serve as solvent, or in the presence of another suitable base, for example an alkali metal alkoxide, such as potassium tert-butoxide in an inert organic solvent, such as DMSO, acetonitrile; and in the presence of a solvent and a palladium catalyst and also a copper(I) salt (Y is preferably I, Cl, Br, cyano or SCN), preferably copper(I) iodide (Y═I). Suitable palladium catalyst systems are, for example, Pd(PPh₃)₄, PdCl₂(PPh₃)₂ and Pd(OAc)₂(PPh₃)₂ or Pd(OAc)₂ and a triarylphosphine, preferably triphenylphosphine or tri-(o-tolyl)phosphine. These methods are described, for example, in Tetrahedron Lett. 4467 (1975), Comprehensive Organic Synthesis (B. M. Trost, I. Flemming, Eds), Pergamon Press, Oxford, Vol 3, 521-549 (1991), Org. Prep. Proct. Int. 129 (1995), J. Med. Chem. 40, 3542 (1997), J. Org. Chem. 63, 1109 (1998).

Compounds of the formula (II) are either commercially available or can be prepared according to generally known methods, for example Houben-Weyl, Methoden der Organischen Chemie, Georg-Thieme-Verlag, Stuttgart or Chem. Pharm. Bull. 27, 270 (1979).

Compounds of the formula (III) can be prepared, for example, according to scheme 2 from compounds of the formula (IV), in which X′ is a leaving group, for example a chlorine, bromine or iodine atom or an alkylsulfonyloxy or arylsulfonyloxy radical, for example a tosyloxy radical.

The compounds of the formula (III) are obtained in the presence of an inorganic or organic base, such as potassium carbonate or excess amine of the formula (V), in an inert organic solvent, such as methanol, acetone or DMF. Such methods are known, for example, from Org. Magn. Reson. 14, 161 (1980), Tetrahedron 41, 5685 (1985), J. Med. Chem. 34, 746 (1991), J. Org. Chem. 56, 3707 (1991), J. Org. Chem. 57, 3000 (1992), J. Med. Chem. 37, 2735 (1994).

Compounds of the formula (I) in which A is CR⁴R⁵, where R⁵ is hydrogen, in particular those in which A is CH₂, are also obtainable, for example, according to scheme 3.

Compounds of the formula (I) are obtained according to scheme 3 by reacting compounds of the formula (V) with compounds of the formula (VI) and an aldehyde, such as, for example, benzaldehyde, acetaldehyde or formaldehyde, or an aldehyde source, such as paraformaldehyde or formalin, in the presence of a copper(I) salt, preferably copper(I) chloride (Y═Cl), in an inert organic solvent, such as, for example, dioxan. Such methods are known, for example, from Chem. Ber. 66, 418 (1933), J. Prakt. Chem. 331, 187 (1989), Tetrahedron Lett. 39, 967 (1998).

Compounds of the formula (VI) are either commercially available, or they can be obtained by Sonogashira coupling and subsequent removal of the protective group from R¹X and a protected acetylene equivalent, such as, for example, trimethylsilylacetylene or 2-methylbut-3-yn-2-ol, according to known methods. Such methods are described, for example, in Comprehensive Organic Synthesis (B. M. Trost, I. Flemming, Eds), Pergamon Press, Oxford, Vol 3, 521-549 (1991), Synthesis. (1980), 627, J. Org. Chem. 50, 1763 (1985), Tetrahedron Lett. 34, 2071 (1993), Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. Engl. 18, 406 (1993), Synthesis (1996), 589.

In particular compounds of the formula (I), in which A is CR⁴R⁵ can also be obtained, for example, according to scheme 4.

According to scheme 4, the compounds of the formula (I) are obtained by reacting compounds of the formula (VII) in which Z is a chlorine, bromine or iodine atom or an alkylsulfonyloxy or arylsulfonyloxy radical, for example a tosyloxy radical, with compounds of the formula (VIII), in which M is an alkali metal atom, preferably a lithium atom. If Z in the formula (VII) is chlorine, bromine or iodine, M in the formula (VIII) may furthermore be a hydrogen atom. If M in the formula (VIII) is a hydrogen atom, the reaction is carried out in the presence of an inorganic base, such as potassium carbonate, and in an inert organic solvent, such as acetone or DMF. If M in the formula (VIII) is not hydrogen, preference is given to inert organic solvents, such as diethyl ether or THF.

Compounds of the formula (VII) can be prepared by or analogously to known methods. These methods are known, for example, from Chem. Phys. Lipids 13, 159 (1974), Synthesis (1975), 255, J. Am. Chem. Soc. 60, 2662 (1938), Bull. Chem. Soc. Jpn. 46, 954 (1973), J. Med. Chem. 21, 253 (1978), Bull. Soc. Chim. Fr. (1969), 4514, J. Org. Chem. 49, 4344 (1984), J. Med. Chem. 41, 1084 (1998), J. Org. Chem. 63, 7472 (1998).

Collections of compounds of the formula (I) which can be synthesized by the abovementioned schemes may also be prepared in a parallel manner and this may be effected manually or in a semiautomated or fully automated manner. In this case, it is possible, for example, to automate the procedure of the reaction, the work-up or the purification of the products or of the intermediates. In total, this is to be understood as meaning a procedure as is described, for example, by S. H. DeWitt in “Annual Reports in Combinatorial Chemistry and Molecular Diversity: Automated Synthesis”, Volume 1, Verlag Escom 1997, pages 69 to 77.

A number of commercially available apparatuses as are offered by, for example, Stem Corporation, Woodrolfe Road, Tollesbury, Essex, CM9 8SE, England or H+ P Labortechnik GmbH, Bruckmannring 28, 85764 Oberschleiβheim, Germany or Radleys, Shirehill, Saffron Walden, Essex, England may be used for the parallel procedure of the reaction and work-up. For the parallel purification of compounds of the formula (I), or of intermediates obtained during the preparation, use may be made, inter alia, of chromatography apparatuses, for example those from ISCO, Inc., 4700 Superior Street, Lincoln, Nebr. 68504, USA.

The apparatuses mentioned lead to a modular procedure in which the individual process steps are automated, but manual operations have to be performed between the process steps. This can be avoided by employing semiintegrated or fully integrated automation systems where the automation modules in question are operated by, for example, robots. Such automation systems can be obtained, for example, from Zymark Corporation, Zymark Center, Hopkinton, Mass. 01748, USA. In addition to the method described here, compounds of the formula (I) may be prepared in part or fully by solid-phase-supported methods. For this purpose, individual intermediate steps or all intermediate steps of the synthesis or of a synthesis adapted to suit the procedure in question are bound to a synthetic resin. Solid-phase-supported synthesis methods are described extensively in the specialist literature, for example Barry A. Bunin in “The Combinatorial Index”, Verlag Academic Press, 1998.

The use of solid-phase-supported synthesis methods permits a series of protocols which are known from the literature and which, in turn, can be performed manually or in an automated manner. For example, the “tea-bag method” (Houghten, U.S. Pat. No. 4,631,211; Houghten et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci, 1985, 82, 5131-5135), in which products from IRORI, 11149 North Torrey Pines Road, La Jolla, Calif. 92037, USA, are employed, may be semiautomated. The automation of solid-phase-supported parallel syntheses is performed successfully, for example, by apparatuses from Argonaut Technologies, Inc., 887 Industrial Road, San Carlos, Calif. 94070, USA or MultiSynTech GmbH, Wullener Feld 4, 58454 Witten, Germany.

The preparation according to the processes described herein yields compounds of the formula (I) in the form of substance collections which are referred to as libraries. The present invention also relates to libraries which comprise at least two compounds of the formula (I).

The compounds of the formula (I) are suitable for controlling animal pests, in particular arthropods such as insects, Acarina and helminths, such as parasites of animals and plant-damaging nematodes, very especially preferably for controlling insects and arachnids, which are encountered in agriculture, in animal husbandry, in livestock breeding, in horticulture, in forests, in the protection of stored goods and materials and in the domestic sector and in the hygiene sector, and have good plant tolerance and favorable toxicity to warm-blooded species. They are active against normally sensitive and resistant species and against all or individual development stages. The above mentioned pests include:

From the order of the Isopoda, for example, Armadillidium spp., Oniscus spp., Porcellio spp.

From the order of the Diplopoda, for example, Blaniulus spp.

From the order of the Chilopoda, for example, Geophilus spp., Scutigera spp.

From the order of the Symphyla, for example, Scutigerella spp.

From the order of the Thysanura, for example, Lepisma spp.

From the order of the Collembola, for example, Onychiurus spp.

From the order of the Orthoptera, for example, Blattella spp., Blattella germanica, Blatta orientalis, Periplaneta spp., Periplaneta americana, Periplaneta australasiae, Leucophaea spp., Acheta spp., Acheta domesticus, Gryllotalpa spp., Gryllus spp., Gryllus bimaculatus, Locusta spp., Locusta migratoria migratorioides, Melanoplus spp., Schistocerca spp.

From the order of the Dermaptera, for example, Forficula spp., Forficula auricularia.

From the order of Isoptera, for example, Reticulitermes spp., Reticulitermes speratus, Coptotermes spp., Coptotermes formosanus.

From the order of the Anoplura, for example, Pediculus spp., Pediculus humanus humanus, Pediculus humanus capitis, Haematopinus spp., Linognathus spp.

From the order of the Mallophaga, for example, Trichodectes spp., Damalinea spp.

From the order of the Thysanoptera, for example, Frankliniella spp., Frankliniella fusca, Frankliniella occidentalis, Frankliniella tritici, Kakothrips spp., Hercinothrips spp., Scirtothrips spp., Scirtothrips citri, Scirtothrips aurantii, Taeniothrips spp., Thrips spp., Thrips oryzae, Thrips palmi, Thrips tabaci.

From the order of the heteroptera, for example, Eurygaster spp., Stephanitis spp., Lygus spp., Aelia spp., Eurydema spp., Dysdercus spp., Piesma spp. Piesma quadrata, Rhodnius prolixus, Triatoma spp., Cimex lectularius.

From the order of the Homoptera, for example, Aleurodes spp., Aleurodes brassicae, Aleurodes proletella, Bemisia spp., Bemisia tabaci, Trialeurodes spp., Trialeurodes vaporariorum, Brevicoryne spp., Brevicoryne brassicae, Cryptomyzus spp., Aphis spp., Aphis fabae, Aphis gossypii, Aphis pomi, Eriosoma spp., Hyalopterus spp., Phylloxera spp., Pemphigus spp., Macrosiphum spp., Macrosiphum avenae, Myzus spp., Myzus persicae, Phorodon spp., Phorodon humuli, Rhopalosiphum spp., Rhopalosiphum padi, Empoasca spp., Euscelis spp., Eulecanium spp., Saissetia spp., Aonidiella spp., Aonidiella aurantii, Aspidiotus spp., Nephotettix spp., Nephotettix cincticeps, Laodelphax spp., Laodelphax striatellus, Nilaparvata spp., Nilaparvata lugens, Sogatella spp., Pseudococcus spp., Psylla spp., Psylla mali, Aphrophora spp., Aeneolamia spp.

From the order of the Lepidoptera, for example, Pectinophora spp., Pectinophora gossypiella, Bupalus spp., Cheimatobia spp., Cnephasia spp., Hydraecia spp., Lithocolletis spp., Hyponomeuta spp., Plutella spp., Plutella xylostella, Malacosoma spp., Euproctis spp., Lymantria spp., Bucculatrix spp., Phytometra spp., Scrobipalpa spp., Phthorimaea spp., Gnorimoschema spp., Autographa spp., Evergestis spp., Lacanobia spp., Cydia spp., Cydia pomonella, Pseudociaphila spp., Phyllocnistis spp., Agrotis spp., Agrotis segetum, Agrotis ipsilon, Euxoa spp., Feltia spp., Earias spp., Heliothis spp., Heliothis virescens, Heliothis armigera, Heliothis zea, Helicoverpa spp., Helicoverpa armigera, Helicoverpa zea, Bombyx spp., Bombyx mori, Laphygma spp., Mamestra spp., Mamestra brassicae, Panolis spp., Prodenia spp., Prodenia litura, Spodoptera spp., Spodoptera liftoralis, Spodoptera litura, Spodoptera exigua, Trichoplusia spp., Trichoplusia ni, Carpocapsa spp., Carpocapsa pomonella, Pieris spp., Pieris brassicae, Chilo spp., Chilo suppressalis, Ostrinia spp., Ostrinia nubilalis, Pyrausta spp., Pyrausta nubilalis, Ephestia spp., Ephestia kuehniella, Galleria spp., Galleria mellonella, Cacoecia spp., Capua spp., Choristoneura spp., Clysia spp., Hofmannophila spp., Homona spp., Tineola spp., Tinea spp., Tinea pellionella, Tortrix spp. Tortrix vitisana, Lobesia spp., Lobesia botrana.

From the order of the Coleoptera, for example, Anobium spp., Rhizopertha spp., Rhizopertha dominica, Bruchidius spp., Bruchidius obtectus, Acanthoscelides spp., Acanthoscelides obtectus, Hylotrupes spp., Aclypea spp., Agelastica spp., Leptinotarsa spp., Leptinotarsa decemlineata, Psylliodes spp., Chaetocnema spp., Cassida spp., Bothynoderes spp., Clivina spp., Ceutorhynchus spp., Ceutorhynchus assimilis, Phyllotreta spp., Apion spp., Sitona spp., Bruchus spp., Phaedon spp., Phaedon cochleariae, Diabrotica spp., Diabrotica undecimpunctata, Diabrotica virgifera, Psylloides spp., Epilachna spp., Epilachna varivestis, Atomaria spp., Atomaria linearis, Oryzaephilus spp., Anthonomus spp., Anthonomus grandis, Sitophilus spp., Sitophilus granarius, Sitophilus oryzae, Otiorhynchus spp., Otiorrhynchus sulcatus, Cosmopolites spp., Ceuthorrynchus spp., Hypera spp., Dermestes spp., Trogoderma spp., Anthrenus spp., Attagenus spp., Lyctus spp., Meligethes spp., Meligethes aeneus, Ptinus spp., Niptus spp., Gibbium spp., Tribolium spp., Tenebrio spp., Tenebrio molitor, Agriotes spp., Agriotes lineatus, Conoderus spp., Melolontha spp., Melolontha melolontha, Amphimallon spp., Costelytra spp., Costelytra zealandica.

From the order of the Hymenoptera, for example, Diprion spp., Diprion pini, Hoplocampa spp., Lasius spp., Monomorium spp., Vespa spp.

From the order of the Diptera, for example, Drosophila spp., Drosophila melanogaster, Chrysomyxa spp., Hypoderma spp., Tannia spp., Bibio spp., Bibio hortulanus, Oscinella spp., Oscinella frit, Phorbia spp., Pegomyia spp., Anastrepha spp., Ceratitis spp., Dacus spp., Rhagoletis spp., Bactrocera spp., Toxotrypana spp., Tipula spp., Tipula paludosa, Tipula oleracea, Dermatobia spp., Dermatobia hominis, Cordylobia spp., Cordylobia anthropophaga, Gasterophilus spp., Hypoderma spp., Cuterebra spp., Cochliomyia spp., Wohlfahrtia spp., Stomoxys spp., Calliphora spp., Calliphora erythrocephala, Gastrophilus spp., Hyppobosca spp., Lucilia spp., Lucilia sericata, Musca spp., Musca domestica, Fannia spp., Fannia canicularis, Oestrus spp., Tabanus spp., Aedes spp., Aedes aegypti, Culex spp., Culex quinquefasciatus, Anopheles spp., Anopheles arabiensis.

From the order of the Siphonaptera, for example, Xenopsylla spp., Xenopsylla cheopsis, Ctenocephalides spp., Ctenocephalides felis, Ctenocephalides canis, Ceratophyllus spp., Pulex spp., Pulex irritans.

From the order of the Acarina, for example, Acarus spp., Acarus siro, Bryobia spp., Bryobia praetiosa, Panonychus spp., Panonychus ulmi, Panonychus citri, Tetranychus spp., Tetranychus urticae, Eotetranychus spp., Oligonychus spp., Eutetranychus spp., Eriophyes spp., Eriophyes ribis, Phyllocoptruta spp., Phyllocoptruta oleivora, Tarsonemus spp., Argas spp., Argas reflexus, Argas persicus, Ornithodoros spp., Ornithodoros moubata, Dermacentor spp., Dermacentor marginatus, Hyalomma spp., Dermanyssus spp., Dermanyssus gallinae, Boophilus spp., Boophilus microplus, Haemaphysalis spp., Psoroptes spp., Chorioptes spp., Sarcoptes spp., Rhipicephalus spp., Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Ixodes spp., Ixodes ricinus, Amblyomma spp.

From the class of the helminths, for example, Schistosomen spp., Fasciola spp., Dicrocoelium spp., Opisthorchis spp., Clonorchis spp., Paragonimus spp., Taenia saginata, Taenia solium, Echinococcus granulosus, Echinococcus multilocularis, Hymenolepis nana, Diphyllobothrium latum, Onchocerca volvulus, Wuchereria bancrofti, Brugia malayi, Brugia timori, Loa Loa, Dracunculus medinensis, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichinella spiralis, Trichinella nativa, Trichinella britovi, Trichinella nelsoni, Trichinella pseudopsiralis, Ascaris spp., Ascaris lumbricoides, Trichuris trichuria, Ancylostoma duodenale, Ancylostoma ceylanicum, Ancylostoma braziliensis, Strongyloides stercoralis, Strongyloides fuelleborni, Haemonchus spp., Ostertagia spp., Trichostrongulus spp., Cooperia spp., Bunostomum spp., Nematodirus spp. Chabertia spp., Strongyloides spp., Oesophagostomum spp., Hyostrongulus spp., Ancylostoma spp., Dictyocaulus filaria, Heterakis spp; and from the sub-group of the phytoparasitic nematodes, for example, Meloidogyne spp., Meloidogyne incognita, Meloidogyne hapla, Meloidogyne javanica, Heterodera spp., Heterodera trifolii, Heterodera avenae, Heterodera schachtii, Heterodera glycines, Globodera spp., Globodera rostochiensis, Globodera pallida, Radopholus spp., Radopholus similis, Pratylenchus spp., Pratylenchus neglectus, Pratylenchus penetrans, Pratylenchus curvitatus; Tylenchulus spp., Tylenchulus semipenetrans, Tylenchorhynchus spp., Tylenchorhynchus dubius, Tylenchorhynchus claytoni, Rotylenchus spp., Rotylenchus robustus, Heliocotylenchus spp., Haliocotylenchus multicinctus, Belonoaimus spp., Belonoaimus longicaudatus, Longidorus spp., Longidorus elongatus, Trichodorus spp., Trichodorus primitivus, Xiphinema spp., Xiphinema index, Ditylenchus spp., Ditylenchus dipsaci, Ditylenchus destructor, Aphelenchoides spp., Aphelenchoides ritzemabosi, Anguina spp., Anguina tritici.

The compounds of the formula (I) are also suitable for controlling animal pests, in particular arthropods, such as insects and Acarina, in rooms, specifically for controlling flies, such as, for example, from the family Muscidae (for example common house-flies, domestic flies), Calliphoridae (for example greenbottles, “death flies” (Cynomyia mortuorum), bluebottles) and Sarcophagidae (for example flesh-flies), mosquitoes, such as, for example, Aedes aegypti, Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus, and cockroaches, such as, for example Blattella germanica and Periplaneta americana.

The invention relates to compositions, for example pesticidal compositions, preferably insecticidal, acaricidal, ixodicidal, or helminthicidal/nematicidal, particularly preferably insecticidal, acaricidal and helminthicidal/nematicidal compositions which comprise one or more compounds of the formula (I) in addition to suitable formulation auxiliaries.

In general, the compositions according to the invention comprise from 1 to 95% by weight of the active compounds of the formula (I).

For preparing the compositions according to the invention, the active compound and the other additives are combined and formulated as a suitable use form.

They can be formulated in various ways, depending on how this is predetermined by the biological and/or chemico-physical parameters. Suitable formulation possibilities are therefore:

Wettable powders (WP), emulsifiable concentrates (EC), aqueous solutions (SL), emulsions, sprayable solutions, oil- or water-based dispersions (SC), suspoemulsions (SE), dusting powders (DP), seed dressings, granules in the form of microgranules, sprayed granules, absorption granules and adsorption granules, water-dispersible granules (WG), ULV formulations, microcapsules, waxes or baits. In addition, the compositions can be employed as dips or mist applications, in the form of foams, pastes, gels, ointments, lotions, shampoos, hair-setting compositions, active-compound-containing mats (for example flat or in the form of a cushion), impregnated articles, aerosols, pressurized and non-pressurized sprays, additives to color lacques and foodstuff, and also for use as fumigants and evaporator compositions, as combustible solids (for example in the form of a cone or coil) or as combustible oils (distributed, for example, via a heated wick) and in further formulations familiar to the person skilled in the art.

These individual types of formulation are known in principle and are described, for example, in: Winnacker-Küchler, “Chemische Technologie” [Chemical Technology], Volume 7, C. Hanser Verlag Munich, 4th Edition 1986; van Falkenberg, “Pesticides Formulations”, Marcel Dekker N.Y., 2nd Edition 1972-73; K. Martens, “Spray Drying Handbook”, 3rd Edition 1979, G. Goodwin Ltd. London.

The necessary formulation auxiliaries, i.e. carrier and/or surface-active substances such as inert materials, surfactants, solvents and further additives, are likewise known and are described, for example, in: Watkins, “Handbook of Insecticide Dust Diluents and Carriers”, 2nd Edition, Darland Books, Caldwell N.J.; H. v. Olphen, “Introduction to Clay Colloid Chemistry”, 2nd Edition, J. Wiley & Sons, N.Y.; Marsden, “Solvents Guide”, 2nd Edition, Interscience, N.Y. 1950; McCutcheon's, “Detergents and Emulsifiers Annual”, MC Publ. Corp., Ridgewood N.J.; Sisley and Wood, “Encyclopedia of Surface Active Agents”, Chem. Publ. Co. Inc., N.Y. 1964; Schönfeldt, “Grenzflächenaktive Äthylenoxidaddukte” [Surface-active ethylene oxide adducts], Wiss. Verlagsgesell., Stuttgart 1967; Winnacker-Küchler, “Chemische Technologie” [Chemical Technology], Volume 7, C. Hanser Verlag Munich, 4th Edition 1986.

Combinations with other substances having a pesticidal action, fertilizers and/or growth regulators can be prepared on the basis of these formulations, for example in the form of a ready-to-use formulation or as a tank mix. Wettable powders are preparations which are uniformly dispersible in water and which, alongside the active compound, and in addition to a diluent or inert substance, also comprise wetting agents, for example polyethoxylated alkylphenols, polyethoxylated fatty alcohols or alkyl- or alkylphenolsulfonates, and dispersing agents, for example sodium lignosufonate or sodium 2,2′-dinaphthylmethane-6,6′-disulfonate.

Emulsifiable concentrates are prepared by dissolving the active compound in an organic solvent, for example butanol, cyclohexanone, dimethylformamide, xylene or also higher-boiling aromatics or hydrocarbons, with the addition of one or more emulsifiers. Emulsifiers which can be used are, for example: calcium alkylaryl-sulfonates, such as Ca dodecylbenzenesulfonate, or nonionic emulsifiers, such as fatty acid polyglycol esters, alkylaryl polyglycol ethers, fatty alcohol polyglycol ethers, propylene oxide/ethylene oxide condensation products, alkyl polyethers, sorbitan fatty acid esters, polyoxyethylene sorbitan fatty acid esters or polyoxyethylene sorbitol esters.

Dusting powders are obtained by, for example, grinding the active compound with finely divided solid substances, for example talc, naturally occurring clays, such as kaolin, bentonite and pyrophyllite, or diatomaceous earth. Granules can be prepared either by spraying the active compound onto granular inert material capable of adsorption or by applying active compound concentrates to the surface of carrier substances, such as sand, kaolinites or granular inert material, by means of adhesives, for example polyvinyl alcohol, sodium polyacrylate or mineral oils. Suitable active compounds can also be granulated in the manner customary for the preparation of fertilizer granules—if desired as a mixture with fertilizers.

Aerosols, sold, for example, in cans, are prepared by dissolving the active compound in water and/or organic solvents, such as, for example, acetone, deodorized petroleum, saturated C₈-C₁₃-hydrocarbons, vegetable oils, with addition of further suitable substances, such as, for example, emulsifiers, piperonyl butoxide, sorbitan monooleate, polyoxyethylene glycerol monooleate, fragrances and suitable propellents, such as, for example, carbon dioxide or butane. Ready-to-use sprays, for example for use in rooms, are obtained, for example, by mixing the active compound with odorless kerosine and antioxidants, it being possible to admix further additives, such as, for example, emulsifiers, synergists (for example piperonyl butoxide) or fragrances. Baits can be prepared, for example, by mixing the active compound with attractants and/or foodstuffs, such as, for example, sugar, and also carrier materials, such as, for example, paraffin wax.

A further advantageous embodiment for use in rooms is the use as a fumigant and an evaporator composition, which can be employed by various methods. In one of these methods, combustible solids, such as, for example, sawdust (for example pine sawdust), starch and coconut shell powder and also powdered leaves and stalks of further plants (for example pyrethrum, cedar) are, with addition of colorants and, if appropriate, fungicides, solidifed in specific forms, such as, for example, a meander, a coil or a cone, using suitable binders, and the active compound is then applied. The active compound is then distributed in the room by slow and controlled burning. In another method, mats or cushions of non-combustible fibers are used as carriers into which the active compound and, if appropriate, further substances are incorporated. These carriers are placed onto a heating plate which is heated under controlled conditions, thus releasing the active compound. In a further method, an oil is used to which the active compound is added and into which a wick consisting, for example, of cotton and/or cellulose in compressed form, is dipped, which wick releases the active compound from the oil into the room on burning. In a variant of this method, a wick of non-combustible fibers is used which is heated by an electric device, thus effecting the distribution of the active compound contained in the oil throughout the room. In the above-mentioned methods, the active compound is applied either directly or in already formulated form. Frequently, for example, colorants and fragrances are added, and also suitable fungicides for protecting the carriers made of natural products against natural decomposition.

In wettable powders, the active compound concentration is usually about 10 to 90% by weight, the remainder to make up 100% by weight comprising customary formulation constituents. In emulsifiable concentrates, the active compound concentration can be about 5 to 80% by weight. Dust-like formulations usually comprise 5 to 20% by weight of active compound, and sprayable solutions about 2 to 20% by weight. In granules, the content of active compound partly depends on whether the active compound is present in liquid or solid form and what granulating auxiliaries, fillers and the like are used. Baits generally comprise from 0.01 to 60% by weight of active compound, preferably from 0.1 to 5% by weight; aerosols generally comprise from 0.01 to 50% by weight, preferably from 0.1 to 5% by weight; ready-to-use sprays generally comprise from 0.01 to 50% by weight, preferably from 0.05 to 10% by weight. The active compound contents in fumigants and evaporator compositions are, in the case of combustible solids, generally in the range from 0.01 to 60% by weight, in the case of active-compound-comprising mats and cushions in the range from 0.01 to 60% by weight and in the case of active-compound-comprising oils in the range from 0.01 to 90% by weight.

In addition, the active compound formulations mentioned comprise, if appropriate, the particular customary tackifiers, wetting agents, dispersing agents, emulsifiers, penetration agents, solvents, fillers or carrier substances.

For use, the concentrates in the commercially available form are diluted in the customary manner, if appropriate, for example by means of water in the case of wettable powders, emulsifiable concentrates, dispersions and in some cases also microgranules. Dust-like and granular formulations as well as sprayable solutions are usually not diluted further with additional inert substances before use.

The required amount applied varies with the external conditions, such as temperature or humidity. It can vary within wide limits, for example between 0.0005 and 10.0 kg/ha or more of active substance, but is preferably between 0.001 and 5 kg/ha.

The active compounds according to the invention can be present in their commercially available formulations and in the use forms prepared from these formulations in mixtures with other active compounds, for example pesticides such as insecticides, attractants, sterilizing agents, acaricides, nematicides, fungicides, molluscides, growth-regulating substances or herbicides.

The pesticides include, for example, phosphoric acid esters, carbamates, carboxylic acid esters, formamidines, tin compounds and substances produced by microorganisms.

Preferred partners for the mixtures are:

1. From the Group of Phosphorus Compounds

acephate, azamethiphos, azinphos-ethyl, azinphos-methyl, bromophos, bromophos-ethyl, cadusafos (F-67825), chlorethoxyphos, chlorfenvinphos, chlormephos, chlorpyrifos, chlorpyrifos-methyl, demeton, demeton-S-methyl, demeton-S-methyl sulfone, dialifos, diazinon, dichlorvos, dicrotophos, dimethoate, disulfoton, EPN, ethion, ethoprophos, etrimfos, famphur, fenamiphos, fenitriothion, fensulfothion, fenthion, fonofos, formothion, fosthiazate (ASC-66824), heptenophos, isazophos, isothioate, isoxathion, malathion, methacrifos, methamidophos, methidathion, salithion, mevinphos, monocrotophos, naled, omethoate, oxydemeton-methyl, parathion, parathion-methyl, phenthoate, phorate, phosalone, phosfolan, phosphocarb (BAS-301), phosmet, phosphamidon, phoxim, pirimiphos, primiphos-ethyl, pirimiphos-methyl, profenofos, propaphos, proetamphos, prothiofos, pyraclofos, pyridapenthion, quinalphos, sulprofos, temephos, terbufos, tebupirimfos, tetrachlorvinphos, thiometon, triazophos, trichlorphon, vamidothion;

2. From the Group of Carbamates

alanycarb (OK-135), aldicarb, 2-sec-butylphenyl methylcarbamate (BPMC), carbaryl, carbofuran, carbosulfan, cloethocarb, benfuracarb, ethiofencarb, furathiocarb, HCN-801, isoprocarb, methomyl, 5-methyl-m-cumenyl butyryl(methyl)carbamate, oxamyl, pirimicarb, propoxur, thiodicarb, thiofanox, 1-methylthio(ethylideneamino) N-methyl-N-(morpholinothio)carbamate (UC 51717), triazamate;

3. From the Group of Carboxylic Acid Esters

acrinathrin, allethrin, alphametrin, 5-benzyl-3-furylmethyl(E)-(1R)-cis-2,2-di-methyl-3-(2-oxothiolan-3-ylidenemethyl)cyclopropanecarboxylate, beta-cyfluthrin, beta-cypermethrin, bioallethrin, bioallethrin ((S)-cyclopentyl isomer), bioresmethrin, bifenthrin, (RS)-1-cyano-1-(6-phenoxy-2-pyridyl)methyl(1RS)-trans-3-(4-tert-butylphenyl)-2,2-dimethylcyclopropanecarboxylate (NCI 85193), cycloprothrin, cyfluthrin, cyhalothrin, cythithrin, cypermethrin, cyphenothrin, deltamethrin, empenthrin, esfenvalerate, fenfluthrin, fenpropathrin, fenvalerate, flucythrinate, flumethrin, fluvalinate (D isomer), imiprothrin (S41311), lambda-cyhalothrin, permethrin, pheothrin ((R) isomer), prallethrin, pyrethrins (natural products), resmethrin, tefluthrin, tetramethrin, theta-cypermethrin (TD-2344), tralomethrin, transfluthrin and zeta-cypermethrin (F-56701);

4. From the Group of Amidines

amitraz, chlordimeform;

5. From the Group of Tin Compounds

cyhexatin, fenbutatin oxide;

6. Others

abamectin, ABG-9008, acetamiprid, Anagrapha falcitera, AKD-1022, AKD-3059, ANS-118, Bacillus thuringiensis, Beauveria bassianea, bensultap, bifenazate (D-2341), binapacryl, BJL-932, bromopropylate, BTG-504, BTG-505, buprofezin, camphechlor, cartap, chlorobenzilate, chlorfenapyr, chlorfluazuron, 2-(4-chlorophenyl)-4,5-diphenylthiophene (UBI-T 930), chlorfentezine, chromafenozide (ANS-118), CG-216, CG-217, CG-234, A-184699, 2-naphthylmethyl cyclopropanecarboxylate (Ro12-0470), cyromazin, diacloden (thiamethoxam), diafenthiuron, N-(3,5-dichloro-4-(1,1,2,3,3,3-hexafluoro-1-propyloxy)phenyl)carbamoyl)-2-chlorobenzocarboxamide acid ethyl ester, DDT, dicofol, diflubenzuron, N-(2,3-dihydro-3-methyl-1,3-thiazol-2-ylidene)-2,4-xylidine, dinobuton, dinocap, diofenolan, DPX-062, emamectin-benzoate (MK-244), endosulfan, ethiprole (sulfethiprole), ethofenprox, etoxazole (YI-5301), fenazaquin, fenoxycarb, fipronil, fluazuron, flumite (flufenzine, SZI-121), 2-fluoro-5-(4-(4-ethoxyphenyl)₄-methyl-1-pentyl)diphenyl ether (MTI 800), granulosis and nuclear polyhedrosis viruses, fenpyroximate, fenthiocarb, flubenzimine, flucycloxuron, flufenoxuron, flufenprox (ICI-A5683), fluproxyfen, gamma-HCH, halofenozide (RH-0345), halofenprox (MTI-732), hexaflumuron (DE_(—)473), hexythiazox, HOI-9004, hydramethylnon (AC 217300), lufenuron, imidacloprid, indoxacarb (DPX-MP062), kanemite (AKD-2023), M-020, MTI446, ivermectin, M-020, methoxyfenozide (Intrepid, RH-2485), milbemectin, NC-196, neemgard, nitenpyram (TI-304), 2-nitromethyl-4,5-dihydro-6H-thiazine (DS 52618), 2-nitromethyl-3,4-dihydrothiazole (SD 35651), 2-nitromethylene-1,2-thiazinan-3-ylcarbamaldehyde (WL 108477), pyriproxyfen (S-71639), NC-196, NC-1111, NNI-9768, novaluron (MCW-275), OK-9701, OK-9601, OK-9602, propargite, pymethrozine, pyridaben, pyrimidifen (SU-8801), RH-0345, RH-2485, RYI-210, S-1283, S-1833, SB7242, SI-8601, silafluofen, silomadine (CG-177), spinosad, SU-9118, tebufenozide, tebufenpyrad (MK-239), teflubenzuron, tetradifon, tetrasul, thiacloprid, thiocyclam, T1435, tolfenpyrad (OMI-88), triazamate (RH-7988), triflumuron, verbutin, vertalec (Mykotal), YI-5301.

The abovementioned components are known active substances, many of which are described in C D S Tomlin (Editor), The Pesticide Manual, 12th edition, The British Crop Protection Council, Farnham, UK, 2000.

The active compound content of the use forms prepared from the commercially available formulations can be from 0.00000001 to 95% by weight of active compound, preferably between 0.00001 and 1% by weight. The active compounds are used in a customary manner appropriate for the use forms.

The compounds of the formula (I) can be employed in their commercially available formulations, also in combination with fungicides. These fungicides are generally active compounds which are described in C D S Tomlin (Editor), The Pesticide Manual, 12th edition, The British Crop Protection Council, Farnham, UK, 2000. Application is carried out in a customary manner adapted to suit the use forms, for example in the control of pathogenic fungi by applying a fungicidally effective amount of a compound according to the invention or a composition according to the invention to these fungi or to the plants, areas or substrates infected with them, or to seed.

The compounds of the formula (I) can also be employed for controlling harmful organisms in crops of known or yet to be developed genetically engineered plants. As a rule, the transgenic plants are distinguished by particular advantageous properties, for example by resistances to certain crop protection agents, resistances to plant diseases or pathogens of plant diseases such as certain insects or microorganisms such as fungi, bacteria or viruses. Other particular properties relate, for example, to the harvested material with regard to quantity, quality, storage properties, composition and specific constituents. Thus, transgenic plants with an elevated starch content or altered starch quality, or those with a different fatty acid spectrum of the harvested material, are known.

The use in economically important transgenic crops of useful plants and ornamentals, for example, cereals such as wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet, rice, manioc and corn or else crops of sugar beet, cotton, soya, oilseed rape, potatoes, tomatoes, peas and other types of vegetables is preferred.

When being used in transgenic crops, in particular those in which the plants express an insecticide, effects are frequently found (in addition to the pesticidal effects which can be observed in other crops) which are specific to application in the transgenic crop in question, for example an altered or specifically widened spectrum of pests which can be controlled, or altered application rates which can be used for application.

The compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention or the compositions comprising them are used, for example, in agriculture, in horticulture, in forests and in the protection of materials and food. They are preferably used in economically important crops of useful plants and ornamentals, for example of cereals, such as wheat, barley, rye, oats, millet, rice, manioc and corn, or else crops of sugar beet, cotton, soya, oilseed rape, potatoes, tomatoes, peas and other types of vegetables.

The use of the compounds according to the invention embraces, in addition to direct application onto the harmful organisms, any other application in which compounds of the formula (I) act on the harmful organisms. Such indirect applications can, for example, be the use of compounds which, for example in the soil, the plant or the harmful organism, decompose into compounds of the formula (I) or are degraded into compounds of the formula (I).

The use according to the invention of compounds of the formula (I) or compositions comprising them, for example as insecticide, acaricide or helminthicide/nematicide, also includes the case where the compound of the formula (I) or its salt is formed from a precursor only after application, for example in the harmful organism, in a plant or in the soil.

In addition to the above mentioned and customary application methods, the active compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention have excellent systemic action. Accordingly, the active compounds can also be introduced into the plants via parts of the plant, both below ground and above ground (for example root, stolons, stem, trunk, leaf), if the active compounds are applied, in liquid or solid form, on or into the plant or into the direct vicinity of the plant (for example granules in soil application, application in flooded rice paddies, trunk injection in the case of trees, stem bandages in the case of perennial plants).

In addition, the active compounds according to the invention are particularly suitable for the treatment of vegetative and generative plant propagation material, such as, for example, of seeds, for example of cereals, vegetables, cotton, rice, sugar beet and other crops and ornamental plants, of bulbs, seedlings and tubers of other crops and ornamental plants which are propagated vegetatively. The treatment can be carried out before sowing or before planting (for example by special seed coating techniques, by dressing in liquid or solid form or as a seed-box treatment), during sowing or planting or after sowing or planting by special application techniques (for example furrow treatment). The amount of active compound used can vary within a relatively large range, depending on the application. In general, the application rates are between 1 g and 10 kg of active compound per hectare of soil surface. The treatment methods for plant propagation material and the plant propagation material treated in this manner are also provided by the invention.

The active compounds according to the invention are also suitable for use in the veterinary field, preferably for controlling endoparasites and ectoparasites, and in the field of animal husbandry. The active compounds according to the invention can be applied in a known manner, such as by oral administration in the form of, for example, tablets, capsules, drinks or granules, by dermal application in the form of, for example, dipping, spraying, pouring on and spotting on, and dusting, and by parenteral administration in the form of, for example, an injection.

Accordingly, the compounds of the formula (I) according to the invention can also be employed particularly advantageously in livestock keeping (for example cattle, sheep, pigs and poultry such as chicken, geese and the like). In a preferred embodiment of the invention, the compounds, if appropriate in suitable formulations, are administered orally to the animals, if appropriate together with the drinking water or feed. Since excretion in the feces is efficient, the development of insects in the animals' feces can be prevented very easily in this manner. The dosages and formulations which are suitable in each case depend, in particular on the species and the developmental stage of the productive livestock and also on the risk of infestation and can be established and determined readily by customary methods. In cattle the compounds can be employed at dosages of, for example, from 0.01 to 1 mg/kg of body weight.

In addition, the compounds according to the invention are also suitable for use in technical fields, for example as wood preservatives, as preservatives in paints, in cooling lubricants for metal working, or as preservatives in drilling and cutting oils.

Further preferred areas of use are the protection of stored products and materials, the hygiene sector and the domestic sector where, in a preferred embodiment of the invention, the composition according to the invention is used in the buildings in question and, if appropriate, combined with further measures, such as, for example, sticky boards or traps. Here, too, suitable dosages and formulations depend in particular on the type and the intensity of the risk of infestation and can be established and determined readily by customary methods.

The invention is illustrated by the examples below. The Preparation Examples may also comprise prior-art compounds which serve to illustrate the preparation process for the compounds according to the invention. Prior-art compounds, listed in the tables below in addition to compounds according to the invention, are also used in the process according to the invention.

A. CHEMICAL EXAMPLES Example 1 1-(3-o-Tolyl-2-propynyl)piperidine

A mixture of 2-iodotoluene (6.54 g), N-(2-propynyl)piperidine (3.69 g), dichlorobis(triphenylphosphino)palladium(II) (0.05 g) and copper(I) iodide (0.1 g) in dry diethylamine (50 ml) was heated under reflux for 5 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was taken up in diethyl ether and washed with water. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate and concentrated completely under reduced pressure. Distillation of the residue under reduced pressure gave 3.98 g of an oil of boiling point 96-98° C./0.08 mm Hg.

Preparation of the Starting Material 1-(2-propynyl)piperidine

With stirring, a solution of 2-propynyl chloride (40.31 g) in dry methanol (50 ml) was added dropwise to a solution of piperidine (92.14 g) in dry methanol (100 ml). The mixture was stirred at 25° C. for 3 hours and then filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was distilled (boiling point: 163-165° C./atmospheric pressure).

Example 2 1-(4-Methoxyphenyl-2-propynyl)piperidine hydrochloride

When 2-iodotoluene was replaced by 4-iodoanisole, the process of Example 1 gave a crude product to which excess hydrochloric acid in methanol was added. Removal of the solvent gave, after crystallization from isopropanol, colorless needles of melting point 223-225° C.

Example 3 1-[3-(4-Methoxyphenyl)-2-propynyl]piperidine

The product from Example 2 was dissolved in water and the solution was made alkaline using 2N aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with diethyl ether. The ether extracts were dried using magnesium sulfate, and the solvent was then removed and the residue was distilled under reduced pressure. This gave an oil of boiling point 126-128° C./0.1 mm Hg.

Example 4 1-[3-(3-Fluorophenyl)-2-propynyl]4-methylpiperidine

A mixture of 3-fluoroiodobenzene (8.88 g), 4-methyl-1-(2-propynyl)piperidine (6.80 g), palladium acetate (0.045 g), tri-o-toloylphosphine (0.24 g) and copper(I) iodide (0.1 g) in dry diethylamine (50 ml) was heated under reflux for 5 hours. The solvent was removed under reduced pressure and the residue was taken up in diethyl ether and washed with water. The organic phase was dried over magnesium sulfate and the solvent was removed under reduced pressure. Distillation of the residue under reduced pressure gave an oil (5.20 g) of boiling point 105° C./0.07 mm Hg.

Preparation of the Starting Material 4-methyl-1-(2-propynyl)piperidine

At 0-5° C., propargyl bromide (12.01 g) was added dropwise with stirring to a suspension of 4-methylpiperidine (10.0 g) and potassium carbonate (13.96 g) in dry acetone (80 ml). The mixture was stirred at 50° C. for 6 hours and then filtered. The filtrate was concentrated under reduced pressure and the residue was taken up in dichloromethane. The organic phase was washed with water (3×15 ml), dried with sodium sulfate and concentrated under reduced pressure. Distillation of the residue under reduced pressure gave 12.73 g of an oil of boiling point 60° C./16 mm Hg.

Example 5 1-(3-phenyl-2-propynyl)piperidine

With stirring, a solution of phenylacetylene (10.2 g) in dioxane (10 ml), a solution of piperidine (13.3 g) in dioxane (10 ml) and copper(I) chloride (0.1 g) were added successively to a suspension of paraformaldehyde (3.6 g) in dioxane (10 ml). The mixture was heated under reflux for 6 hours, allowed to cool to 25° C. and acidified using 20% strength hydrochloric acid. The solution was washed with diethyl ether and the aqueous phase was made alkaline using 50% strength aqueous sodium hydroxide solution and extracted with diethyl ether (3×100 ml). The organic phase was dried with magnesium sulfate and concentrated completely. Distillation of the residue under reduced pressure gave an oil (13.0 g) of boiling point 95° C./0.045 mm Hg.

Example 6 1-[3-(3,5-Bistrifluoromethylphenyl)-2-propynyl]piperidine

A mixture of 1-(3,5-bistrifluoromethylphenyl)-3-bromoprop-1-yne (2.53 g), piperidine (5 ml) and anhydrous potassium carbonate (5 g) in dry acetone (50 ml) was heated at reflux with stirring for 18 h. Removal of the solvent under reduced pressure and distillation of the residue under reduced pressure gave 2.26 g of an oil of boiling point 95° C./0.025 mm Hg.

Example 7 1-[3-(3,5-Bistrifluoromethylphenyl)-2-propynyl]piperidine hydrochloride

An excess of dry HCl gas was passed through a solution of 1-(3,5-bistrifluoromethylphenyl)-3-piperidinoprop-1-yne (2.26 g) in dry diethyl ether (200 ml). Filtration, washing (diethyl ether) and drying of the resulting white precipitate gave 2.16 g of a fine white powder of melting point 214.5° C.

The compounds of the tables below were obtained analogously to Examples 1 to 7.

In the tables, the following abbreviations are used

Me=methyl

Et=ethyl

Pr=n-propyl

Pr^(i)=isopropyl

Bu=n-butyl

Bu^(t)=tert-butyl

Ph=phenyl

b.p.=boiling point

m.p.=melting point L¹

L²

L³

L⁴

L⁵

L⁶

L⁷

L⁸

L⁹

L¹⁰

L¹¹

L¹²

L¹³

L¹⁴

L¹⁵

L¹⁶

L¹⁷

L¹⁸

L¹⁹

L²⁰

L²¹

L²²

L²³

L²⁴

L²⁵

L²⁶

L²⁷

L²⁸

L²⁹

L³⁰

L³¹

L³²

L³³

L³⁴

L³⁵

L³⁶

L³⁷

L³⁸

L³⁹

L⁴⁰

L⁴¹

L⁴²

L⁴³

L⁴⁴

L⁴⁵

L⁴⁶

L⁴⁷

L⁴⁸

L⁴⁹

L⁵⁰

L⁵¹

L⁵²

L⁵³

L⁵⁴

L⁵⁵

L⁵⁶

L⁵⁷

L⁵⁸

L⁵⁹

L⁶⁰

L⁶¹

L⁶²

L⁶³

L⁶⁴

L⁶⁵

L⁶⁶

L⁶⁷

L⁶⁸

L⁶⁹

L⁷⁰

L⁷¹

L⁷²

L⁷³

L⁷⁴

L⁷⁵

L⁷⁶

L⁷⁷

L⁷⁸

L⁷⁹

L⁸⁰

L⁸¹

L⁸²

L⁸³

L⁸⁴

L⁸⁵

L⁸⁶

L⁸⁷

L⁸⁸

L⁸⁹

L⁹⁰

L⁹¹

L⁹²

L⁹³

T^(i) U¹ V¹ W¹ X¹ Y¹ T¹ H H H H H T² Cl H H H H T³ H Cl H H H T⁴ H H Cl H H T⁵ Cl Cl H H H T⁶ Cl H Cl H H T⁷ Cl H H Cl H T⁸ Cl H H H Cl T⁹ H Cl Cl H H T¹⁰ H Cl H Cl H T¹¹ H Cl H H Cl T¹² Cl Cl Cl H H T¹³ Cl Cl H Cl H T¹⁴ Cl Cl H H Cl T¹⁵ Cl H Cl Cl H T¹⁶ Cl H Cl H Cl T¹⁷ Cl Cl Cl Cl H T¹⁸ Cl Cl Cl H Cl T¹⁹ Cl Cl H Cl Cl T²⁰ Cl Cl Cl Cl Cl T²¹ F H H H H T²² H F H H H T²³ H H F H H T²⁴ F F H H H T²⁵ F H F H H T²⁶ F H H F H T²⁷ F H H H F T²⁸ H F F H H T²⁹ H F H F H T³⁰ H F H H F T³¹ CF₃ H H H H T³² H CF₃ H H H T³³ H H CF₃ H H T³⁴ CF₃ CF₃ H H H T³⁵ CF₃ H CF₃ H H T³⁶ CF₃ H H CF₃ H T³⁷ CF₃ H H H CF₃ T³⁸ H CF₃ CF₃ H H T³⁹ H CF₃ H CF₃ H T⁴⁰ H CF₃ H H CF₃ T⁴¹ H CF₃ CF₃ CF₃ H T⁴² Cl CF₃ H H H T⁴³ Cl H CF₃ H H T⁴⁴ Cl H H CF₃ H T⁴⁵ Cl H H H CF₃ T⁴⁶ H Cl CF₃ H H T⁴⁷ H Cl H CF₃ H T⁴⁸ H Cl H H CF₃ T⁴⁹ H H Cl CF₃ H T⁵⁰ H H Cl H CF₃ T⁵¹ H H H Cl CF₃ T⁵² Me Cl H H H T⁵³ H Cl Me H H T⁵⁴ H Cl H Me H T⁵⁵ H Me Cl H H T⁵⁶ Me H Cl H H T⁵⁷ H F Cl H H T⁵⁸ H F H Cl H T⁵⁹ H Cl F H H T⁶⁰ H NO₂ H H H T⁶¹ H H NO₂ H H T⁶² H CN H H H T⁶³ H H CN H H T⁶⁴ H NO₂ Cl H H T⁶⁵ H NO₂ H Cl H T⁶⁶ H Cl NO₂ H H T⁶⁷ H CN Cl H H T⁶⁸ H CN H Cl H T⁶⁹ H Cl CN H H T⁷⁰ H NO₂ CF₃ H H T⁷¹ H NO₂ H CF₃ H T⁷² H CF₃ NO₂ H H T⁷³ H CN CF₃ H H T⁷⁴ H CN H CF₃ H T⁷⁵ H CF₃ CN H H T⁷⁶ H Me H H H T⁷⁷ H H Me H H T⁷⁸ COOMe H H H H T⁷⁹ H COOMe H H H T⁸⁰ H H COOMe H H T⁸¹ H Cl Cl OMe H T⁸² H Cl OMe Cl H T⁸³ H CF₃ OMe CF₃ H T⁸⁴ H CF₃ OMe Cl H T⁸⁵ OMe H H H H T⁸⁶ H OMe H H H T⁸⁷ H H OMe H H T⁸⁸ Me H H H H T⁸⁹ H SMe H H H T⁹⁰ H H SMe H H T⁹¹ H Ph H H H T⁹² H Ph Cl H H T⁹³ H Ph CF₃ H H T⁹⁴ H H Ph H H T⁹⁵ H Cl Ph H H T⁹⁶ H CF₃ Ph H H T⁹⁷ H Cl Ph Cl H T⁹⁸ H CF₃ Ph CF₃ H T⁹⁹ H H HC═CH—CF₃ H H T¹⁰⁰ H Cl HC═CH—CF₃ H H T¹⁰¹ H HC═CH—CF₃ H H H T¹⁰² H HC═CH—CF₃ Cl H H T¹⁰³ H H OEt H H T¹⁰⁴ H H Et H H T¹⁰⁵ H Me F H H T¹⁰⁶ Me H F H H T¹⁰⁷ Cl H H Me H T¹⁰⁸ Me H H F H T¹⁰⁹ H OC(O)Pr H H H T¹¹⁰ Me H H Cl H T¹¹¹ Me H Me H H T¹¹² Cl H H H Me T¹¹³ Me Me H H H T¹¹⁴ Me H H H Me T¹¹⁵ Et H H H H T¹¹⁶ H Me Me H H T¹¹⁷ H SO₂Me H H H T¹¹⁸ Pr^(i) H H H H T¹¹⁹ F H F H F T¹²⁰ EtO H H H H T¹²¹ F H H F H T¹²² F H F H H T¹²³ H Cl Cl Me H T¹²⁴ H H Pr^(i) H H T¹²⁵ F F F F F T¹²⁶ Me H H Me H T¹²⁷ H H OPh H H T¹²⁸ H H C(O)Me H H T¹²⁹ H OCH₂O H H T¹³⁰ H Me H Me H T¹³¹ H CF₃ H OMe H T¹³² H F Me H H T¹³³ H H

H H T¹³⁴ H Cl F Cl H T¹³⁵ H CF₃ COOMe H H T¹³⁶ H OMe OMe H H T¹³⁷ H Cl Cl Cl H T¹³⁸ H NO₂ H NO₂ H T¹³⁹ H CF₃ H NO₂ H T¹⁴⁰ Cl H CF₃ H Cl T¹⁴¹ H C(O)Me H H H T¹⁴² H H (2-Cl, 5-CF₃)Ph H H T¹⁴³ H H (4-CF₃)Ph H H T¹⁴⁴ H H (3-Cl)Ph H H T¹⁴⁵ H H (2-Cl)Ph H H T¹⁴⁶ H H (3-Me, 5-Me)Ph H H T¹⁴⁷ H H (4-OMe)Ph H H T¹⁴⁸ H H (2-Cl, 4-Cl)Ph H H T¹⁴⁹ H H (3-F, 5-NO₂)Ph H H T¹⁵⁰ H H (3-CO₂Et)Ph H H T¹⁵¹ H H (2-Me, 5-NO₂)Ph H H T¹⁵² H H (2-Cl, 3-Cl)Ph H H T¹⁵³ H H (3-CF₃)Ph H H T¹⁵⁴ H H (2-Me)Ph H H T¹⁵⁵ H H

H H T¹⁵⁶ H H

H H T¹⁵⁷ H H

H H T¹⁵⁸ H H

H H T¹⁵⁹ H H

H H T¹⁶⁰ H H

H H T¹⁶¹ H H (4-CN)Ph H H T¹⁶² H H 2-thienyl H H T¹⁶³ H H (2-F, 6-F)Ph H H T¹⁶⁴ H H

H H T¹⁶⁵ H H

H H T¹⁶⁶ H H (4-OCH₂CF₃)Ph H H T¹⁶⁷ H H (4-Me)Ph H H T¹⁶⁸ H F Br H H T¹⁶⁹ H CF₃ Br H H T¹⁷⁰ H (4-CF₃)Ph H H H T¹⁷¹ H (3-CF₃, 5- H H H CF₃)Ph T¹⁷² H (3-Cl)Ph H H H T¹⁷³ H (4-NO₂)Ph H H H T¹⁷⁴ H 1-Naphthyl H H H T¹⁷⁵ H (4-Cl)Ph H H H T¹⁷⁶ H

H H H T¹⁷⁷ H

H H H T¹⁷⁸ H

H H H T¹⁷⁹ H (4-CN)Ph H H H T¹⁸⁰ H

H H H T¹⁸¹ H F (4-F)Ph H H T¹⁸² H F Et H H T¹⁸³ H CF₃ Et H H T¹⁸⁴ H CF₃ H Me H T¹⁸⁵ H Cl OCF₂CHFCl Cl H T¹⁸⁶ H CF₃ Me H H T¹⁸⁷ H CF₃ F H H T¹⁸⁸ F Cl F H H T¹⁸⁹ H F (4-OMe)Ph H H T¹⁹⁰ H F (4-Me)Ph H H T¹⁹¹ H F (3-Cl, 4-F)Ph H H T¹⁹² H F (4-CF₃)Ph H H T¹⁹³ H F (3,4- H H OCH₂CH₂O)Ph T¹⁹⁴ H F [4-C(O)Me]Ph H H T¹⁹⁵ H F (4-OCF₃)Ph H H T¹⁹⁶ H F (4-tBu)Ph H H T¹⁹⁷ H F (4-Cl)Ph H H T¹⁹⁸ H F (3-Me)Ph H H T¹⁹⁹ H F (3-Cl)Ph H H T⁶⁰⁰ H CF₃ (4-SMe)Ph H H T⁶⁰¹ H CF₃ 3-thienyl H H T⁶⁰² H CF₃ (4-CF₃)Ph H H T⁶⁰³ H CF₃ (4-OCF₃)Ph H H T⁶⁰⁴ H CF₃ [4-C(O)Me]Ph H H T⁶⁰⁵ H CF₃ (4-Cl)Ph H H T⁶⁰⁶ H CF₃ 1-Naphthyl H H T⁶⁰⁷ H CF₃ (2-F)Ph H H T⁶⁰⁸ H CF₃ (2-Cl)Ph H H T⁶⁰⁹ H F 3-thienyl H H

T^(j) U² V² W² X² T²⁰⁰ Cl H CF₃ H T²⁰¹ H Cl CF₃ H T²⁰² H H CF₃ Cl T²⁰³ H CF₃ H Cl T²⁰⁴ CF₃ H H Cl T²⁰⁵ Cl CF₃ H H T²⁰⁶ Cl H H CF₃ T²⁰⁷ H Cl H CF₃ T²⁰⁸ H H Cl CF₃ T²⁰⁹ CF₃ Cl H H T²¹⁰ H CF₃ Cl H T²¹¹ CF₃ H Cl H T²¹² Br H H H T²¹³ H Br H H T²¹⁴ H H Br H T²¹⁵ H H H Br T²¹⁶ CF₃ H H H T²¹⁷ H CF₃ H H T²¹⁸ H H CF₃ H T²¹⁹ H H H CF₃ T²²⁰ H H H H T²²¹ CN H H H T²²² H CN H H T²²³ H H CN H T²²⁴ H H H CN T²²⁵ NO₂ H H H T²²⁶ H NO₂ H H T²²⁷ H H NO₂ H T²²⁸ H H H NO₂ T²²⁹ CF₃ CF₃ H H T²³⁰ CF₃ H CF₃ H T²³¹ CF₃ H H CF₃ T²³² H CF₃ CF₃ H T²³³ H CF₃ H CF₃ T²³⁴ H H CF₃ CF₃ T²³⁵ Cl H OCF₂CF₂H H T²³⁶ H CF₃ H Me T²³⁷ H Me H Me T²³⁸ H CF₃ CN Cl

T^(k) U³ V³ W³ T³⁰⁰ H Me Me T³⁰¹ H Me SMe T³⁰² H Me Cl T³⁰³ Cl Me Cl T³⁰⁴ H Me CF₃ T³⁰⁵ Cl Me CF₃ T³⁰⁶ Br Me CF₃ T³⁰⁷ Br Me Cl T³⁰⁸ F Me Cl T³⁰⁹ F Me CF₃ T³¹⁰ H Et Me T³¹¹ F Et Me T³¹² Cl Et Me T³¹³ Cl Et H T³¹⁴ Cl Et CF₃ T³¹⁵ F Et CF₃ T³¹⁶ H Et CF₃ T³¹⁷ H CF₃ H T³¹⁸ F CF₃ H T³¹⁹ Cl CF₃ H T³²⁰ Br CF₃ H T³²¹ H CF₃ Me T³²² F CF₃ Me T³²³ Cl CF₃ Me T³²⁴ Br CF₃ Me T³²⁵ H CF₃ SMe T³²⁶ F CF₃ SMe T³²⁷ Cl CF₃ SMe T³²⁸ Br CF₃ SMe T³²⁹ H CF₃ Cl T³³⁰ F CF₃ Cl T³³¹ Cl CF₃ Cl T³³² Br CF₃ Cl T³³³ H CF₃ CF₃ T³³⁴ F CF₃ CF₃ T³³⁵ Cl CF₃ CF₃ T³³⁶ Br CF₃ CF₃ T³³⁷ H CF₃ CCl₃ T³³⁸ F CF₃ CCl₃ T³³⁹ Cl CF₃ CCl₃ T³⁴⁰ Br CF₃ CCl₃ T³⁴¹ H Me CCl₃ T³⁴² F Me CCl₃ T³⁴³ Cl Me CCl₃ T³⁴⁴ Br Me CCl₃ T³⁴⁵ Br H CCl₃ T³⁴⁶ Cl H CF₂CF₂CF₃ T³⁴⁷ CF₃ H CF₂CF₂CF₃ T³⁴⁸ COOEt H CF₃ T³⁴⁹ Me Me CF₃ T³⁵⁰ H H CF₃

T^(l) U⁴ V⁴ W⁴ T⁴⁰⁰ H H H T⁴⁰¹ Cl H H T⁴⁰² H Cl H T⁴⁰³ H H Cl T⁴⁰⁴ CF₃ H H T⁴⁰⁶ H H CF₃ T⁴⁰⁷ H H COMe T⁴⁰⁸ H CF₃ Cl T⁴⁰⁹ H Cl CF₃ T⁴¹⁰ H Cl Cl T⁴¹¹ H NO₂ Br T⁴¹² H H CHO T⁴¹³ H H

T⁴¹⁴ H H

T⁴¹⁵ H H NO₂ T⁴¹⁶ H Me Br T⁴¹⁷ H H Br T⁴¹⁸ H H (3-CF₃)Ph T⁴¹⁹ H H (4-F)Ph T⁴²⁰ H Me (4-F)Ph T⁴²¹ H Me (4-Me)Ph T⁴²² H Me (4-Ph)Ph T⁴²³ H Me 3-thienyl T⁴²⁴ H Me (4-Cl)Ph T⁴²⁵ H H Ph T⁴²⁶ H H (4-Me)Ph T⁴²⁷ H H (4-CF₃)Ph T⁴²⁸ H H (2-Cl)Ph T⁴²⁹ H H (4-OCF₃)Ph T⁴³⁰ H H (4-Cl)Ph T⁴³¹ H H (3-Cl)Ph T⁴³² H H (3-Me)Ph T⁴³³ H H (3-CF₃, 5-CF₃)Ph T⁴³⁴ H H (2-Cl,4-Cl)Ph T⁴³⁵ H H (3-Cl,5-Cl)Ph T⁴³⁶ H H (2-Cl,4-Cl)Ph T⁴³⁷ H H —HC═NOCH₂Ph T⁴³⁸ H H Me T⁴³⁹ H H —HC═NOCH₂[(2-Cl,4-Cl)Ph]

T^(m) U⁵ V⁵ W⁵ T⁴⁵⁰ H H H T⁴⁵¹ H CF₃ H T⁴⁵² H H CF₃ T⁴⁵³ H Cl H T⁴⁵⁴ H H Cl T⁴⁵⁵ Cl H H T⁵⁰⁰

T⁵⁰¹

T⁵⁰²

T⁵⁰³

T⁵⁰⁴

T⁵⁰⁵

T⁵⁰⁶

T⁵⁰⁷

T⁵⁰⁸

T⁵⁰⁹

T⁵¹⁰

T⁵¹¹

T⁵¹²

T⁵¹³

T⁵¹⁴

T⁵¹⁵

T⁵¹⁶

T⁵¹⁷

T⁵¹⁸

T⁵¹⁹

T⁵²⁰

T⁵²¹

T⁵²²

T⁵²³

T⁵²⁴

T⁵²⁵

T⁵²⁶

T⁵²⁷

T⁵²⁸

T⁵²⁹

T⁵³⁰

T⁵³¹

TABLE 1

Comp. No. R¹ A

Physico-chemical data 8 T⁷⁶ CH₂ L² b.p. 92° C./0.1 mm Hg 9 T⁷⁸ CH₂ L² b.p. 120-124° C./0.015 mm Hg 10 T⁶⁰ CH₂ L² b.p. 155° C./0.03 mm Hg 11 T²⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 110° C./0.04mm Hg 12 T²⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 98° C./0.05 mm Hg 13 T⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 37-38° C. 14 T⁴⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 123-125° C./0.06 mm Hg 15 T¹² CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 67-68° C. 16 T¹⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 79-79.5° C. 17 T⁸² CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 52-53° C. 18 T⁴⁹ CH₂ L⁵¹ b.p. 135° C./0.05 mm Hg 19 T¹² CH₂ L⁵¹ b.p. 142-144° C./0.2 mm Hg 20 T⁷⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 118° C./0.05 mm Hg 21 T⁸⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 145° C./0.1 mm Hg 22 T⁶³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 64-65° C. 23 T⁶¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 90-91° C. 24 T³² CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 92-93° C./0.06 mm Hg 25 T⁸⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 106-108° C./0.015 mm Hg 26 T³¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 87-89° C./0.04 mm Hg 27 T⁷⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 121 ° C./0.05 mm Hg 28 T²³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 91-93° C./0.03 mm Hg 29 T³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 96-98° C./0.02 mm Hg 30 T⁴⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 97-98° C./0.01 mm Hg 31 T³⁹ CH₂ L³⁷ b.p. 90-96° C./0.1 mm Hg 32 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵¹ pale yellow oil 33 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵² b.p. 88-90° C./1.0 mm Hg 34 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵³ b.p. 110-115° C./0.07 mm Hg 35 T¹ CH₂ L⁴² b.p. 98-99° C./0.085 mm Hg 36 T³¹¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.95 (d, 3H), 1.31 (t, 3H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 3.61 (s, 2H) 37 T³¹³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.95 (d, 3H), 1.30 (t, 3H), 2.95 (q, 2H), 3.68 (s, 2H) 8.92 (s, 1H) 38 T³¹⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.95 (d, 3H), 1.30 (t, 3H) 2.70 (s, 3H), 2.75 (q, 2H), 3.56 (s, 2H), 7.06 (s, 1H) 39 T³⁹ CH₂ L¹⁴ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.17 (d, 3H), 3.57 (d, 1H) 3.85 (d, 1H), 7.77 (s, 1H) 7.83 (s, 2H) 40 T³⁹ CH₂ L³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.58-1.80 (m, 8H), 2.78 (m, 4H), 3.61 (s, 2H), 7.77 (s, 1H), 7.83 (s, 2H) 41 T³⁹ CH₂ L¹⁸ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.24 (m, 2H), 2.76 (t, 2H), 3.18 (m, 2H), 3.62 (S, 2H), 5.75 (m, 2H) 42 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁶ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 3.56 (d, 1H), 3.91 (d, 1H) 43 T³⁹ CH₂ L²² ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.00 (d, 6H), 1.30 (t, 2H) 1.98 (m, 2H), 2.22 (m, 2H) 2.58 (m, 2H), 3.50 (s, 2H) 44 T³⁹ CH₂ L²³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.90 (d, 6H), 1.75 (m, 6H), 2.88 (m, 2H), 3.55 (s, 2H) 45 T³⁹ CH₂ L²⁴ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.90 (t, 3H), 3.52 (s, 2H) 46 T³⁹ CH₂ L³⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.28 (t, 3H), 3.56 (s, 2H), 4.17 (q, 2H) 47 T³⁹ CH₂ L³¹ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.43 (s, 9H), 2.58 (t, 4H), 3.50 (t, 4H), 3.58 (s, 2H) 48 T³⁹ CH₂ L³⁶ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.82 (t, 4H), 2.73 (t, 4H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 3.98 (s, 4H) 49 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁴⁴ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.95 (t, 3H), 3.56 (d, 1H), 3.87 (d, 1H) 50 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁴⁷ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.96 (m, 4H), 3.77 (s, 2H), 3.83 (s, 2H), 7.0-7.2 (m, 4H) 51 T³⁹ CH₂ L¹⁷ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.45 (s, 3H), 3.59 (s, 2H) 52 T³³ CH₂ L¹⁷ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.36 (s, 3H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 7.55 (m, 4H) 53 T⁴⁴ CH₂ L¹⁷ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.33 (s, 3H), 3.60 (s, 2H) 54 T³³ CH₂ L¹² ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.62 (t, 4H), 3.55 (s, 2H), 3.78 (t, 4H) 55 T-4 CH₂ L¹² ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.68 (t, 4H), 3.60 (s, 2H), 3.78 (t, 4H), 7.5 (m, 2H), 7.76 (d, 1H) 56 T²⁰⁰ CH₂ L¹² ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.70 (t, 4H), 3.65 (s, 2H), 3.78 (t, 4H), 7.97 (d, 1H), 8.72 (d, 1H) 57 T²⁰⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.96 (d, 3H), 1.20-1.43 (m, 3H), 1.7 (m, 2H), 2.39 (m, 2H), 2.95 (m, 2H), 3.65 (s, 2H), 7.97 (d, 1H), 8.71 (d, 1H) 58 T²¹⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.96 (d, 3H), 3.58 (s, 2H), 7.52 (d, 1H), 7.86 (dd, 1H), 8.81 (d, 1H) 59 T²¹⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.94 (d, 3H), 3.55 (s, 2H), 7.30 (d, 1H), 7.78 (dd, 1H), 8.61 (d, 1H) 60 T²³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.96 (d, 3H), 3.58 (s, 2H), 7.78 (d, 1H), 7.80 (d, 1H) 61 T³⁹ CH₂ L³³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.95 (s, 3H), 1.06 (s, 3H), 1.24 (s, 3H), 3.57 (d, 1H), 3.65 (d, 1H) 62 T²⁰⁰ CH₂ L¹⁷ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.48 (s, 3H), 3.68 (s, 2H), 7.96 (d, 1H), 8.72 (d, 1H) 63 T³⁹ CH₂ L³⁴ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.6-2.1 (m, 8H), 2.75 (m, 3H), 2.97 (m, 2H), 3.46 (s, 2H) 64 T⁴⁴ CH₂ L³⁴ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.4 (m, 2H), 2.60 (m, 4H), 2.95 (m, 2H), 3.60 (s, 2H), 7.45 (dd, 1H), 7.51 (d, 1H), 7.73 (d, 1H) 65 T³³ CH₂ L⁴³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.57 (d, 2H), 3.48 (s, 2H), 7.13 (m, 3H), 7.27 (m, 2H), 7.54 (m, 4H) 66 T⁴⁴ CH₂ L⁴³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.57 (d, 2H), 3.58 (s, 2H), 7.13 (m, 3H), 7.27 (m, 2H), 7.48 (m, 2H), 7.70 (d, 1H) 67 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁴³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 2.58 (d, 2H), 3.50 (s, 2H), 7.13 (m, 3H), 7.27 (m, 2H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.82 (s, 2H) 68 T³³ CH₂ L³⁴ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.82 (m, 4H), 2.32 (m, 2H), 2.62 (m, 4H), 2.97 (m, 2H), 3.53 (s, 2H), 7.55 (m, 4H) 69 T¹ CH₂ L¹⁴ 70 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 1.36 (m, 3H), 2.21 (m, 2H), 2.94 (m, 2H), 3.52 (s, 2H), 7.20 (dd, 1H), 7.57 (d, 1H), 7.60 (d, 1H) 71 T⁴⁰⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 3.50 (s, 2H), 6.97 (dd, 1H), 7.18 (dd, 1H), 7.22 (dd, 1H) 72 T⁴⁵⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 3.47 (s, 2H), 7.10 (d, 1H), 7.24 (dd, 1H), 7.40 (d, 1H) 73 T³⁹ CH(CH₃) L⁵⁰ 74 T³⁹ C(CH₃)₂ L⁵⁰ 75 T³⁹ CO L⁵⁰ 76 T³⁹ CF₂ L⁵⁰ 77 T³⁹ CH(CH₂Ph) L⁵⁰ b.p. 140° C./0.01 mm Hg 78 T⁴⁶ CH(CH₃) L⁵⁰ 79 T⁴⁶ C(CH₃)₂ L⁵⁰ 80 T⁴⁶ CO L⁵⁰ 81 T⁴⁶ CF₂ L⁵⁰ 82 T⁴⁶ CH(CH₂Ph) L⁵⁰ 83 T¹ CH₂ L⁴⁵ 84 T¹ CH₂ L¹⁹ oil 85 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁴⁵ 86 T³⁹ CH₂ L¹⁹ 87 T¹ CH₂ L¹² 88 T³⁹ CH₂ L¹⁴ 89 T²¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 95° C./0.02 mm Hg 90 T⁶² CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 144° C./0.03 mm Hg 91 T⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 48-49° C. 92 T¹⁰³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p.89.5-90° C. 93 T⁸⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 122-124° C./0.01 mm Hg 94 T³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 110-114° C./0.015 mm Hg 95 T¹⁰⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 113° C./0.04 mm Hg 96 T¹⁰⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 108° C./0.03 mm Hg 97 T⁵² CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 119-120° C./0.005 mm Hg 98 T⁸⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 144-146° C./0.015 mm Hg 99 T¹⁰⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 124° C./0.8 mm Hg 100 T⁵⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 126-128° C./0.05 mm Hg 101 T¹⁰⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 127° C./0.002 mm Hg 102 T¹⁰⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p.110-112° C./0.05 mm Hg 103 T⁵³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 123-126° C./0.01 mm Hg 104 T¹¹¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 135° C./0.05 mm Hg 105 T¹¹² CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 125° C./0.06 mm Hg 106 T⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 140-142° C./0.05 mm Hg 107 T⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 125° C./0.005 mm Hg 108 T¹¹⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p.36-37° C. 109 T¹¹⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p.57-58° C. 110 T¹¹⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p.119° C./0.005 mm Hg 111 T³⁹ CH₂ L²² b.p. 97-101° C./0.2 mm Hg 112 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁹⁰ b.p. 120-125° C./0.07 mm Hg 113 T³⁹ CH₂ L²⁴ b.p. 130° C./0.35 mm Hg 114 T⁸⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 126-129° C./0.11 mm Hg 115 T¹¹⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 66-68° C. 116 T¹²⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 138-143° C./0.05 mm Hg 117 T⁷⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 62-63° C. 118 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁷⁶ 119 T⁹⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 47-48° C. 120 T⁷⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 130° C./0.03 mm Hg 121 T²⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 110° C./0.04 mm Hg 122 T²⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 95° C./0.03 mm Hg 123 T¹²³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ 124 T⁵⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ 125 T³⁹ CH₂ L²⁸ m.p. 47-48° C. 126 T¹²⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 118° C./0.05 mm Hg 127 T¹²⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 131° C./0.1 mm Hg 128 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁷⁸ m.p. 86-87° C. 129 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁶⁴ m.p. 70-72° C. 130 T¹²⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 162° C./0.25 mm Hg 131 T¹²⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 58-59° C. 132 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸⁰ m.p. 45° C. 133 T¹³⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 132-134° C./0.2 mm Hg 134 T¹ CH(Pr^(i)) L² b.p. 130-130° C./0.2 mm Hg 135 T¹⁴¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 126-132° C./0.1 mm Hg 136 T¹³¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 112-116° C./0.1 mm Hg 137 T¹³² CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 105-110° C./0.1 mm Hg 138 T¹ CH(Pr^(i)) L⁵⁰ b.p. 156-158° C./1.75 mm Hg 139 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸⁶ wax 140 T¹ CO L⁵⁰ m.p. 56-57° C. 141 T¹³⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 160° C./0.2 mm Hg 142 T⁶⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 58-59° C. 143 T¹³⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 145° C./0.1 mm Hg 144 T¹³³ CH₂ L⁵¹ 145 T¹³⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 46-47° C. 146 T¹³⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ 147 T³⁹ CO L⁵⁰ m.p 110-111° C. 148 T¹³⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 63-64° C. 149 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁷⁹ b.p. 185-187° C./0.7 mm Hg 150 T¹⁴⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 50-51° C. 151 T⁶ CH₂ L⁶³ oil 152 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ b.p. 92-95° C./0.04 mm Hg; m.p. 22° C. 153 T⁴⁴ CH₂ L³³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.92 (s, 3H), 1.06 (s, 3H), 1.23 (s, 3H), 3.60 (d, 1H), 3.75 (d, 1H), 7.70 (d, 1H) 154 T³³ CH₂ L³³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.86 (s, 3H), 1.06 (s, 3H), 1.25 (s, 3H), 3.53 (d, 1H), 3.65 (d, 1H), 7.50 (d, 2H), 7.58 (d, 2H) 155 T⁵¹¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.96 (d, 3H), 3.58 (s, 2H), 7.18 (dd, 1H), 7.68 (dd, 1H), 8.32 (dd, 1H) 156 T⁵¹² CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.95 (d, 3H), 3.48 (s, 2H), 7.78 (d, 1H), 8.36 (d, 1H) 157 T⁵⁰² CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 3.70 (s, 2H), 7.75 (t, 1H), 7.83 (s, 1H), 8.19 (d, 1H), 8.55 (d, 1H) 158 T²¹⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 75-77° C. 159 T³²⁵ CH₂ L²² ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.98 (d, 6H), 1.30 (t, 3H), 3.56 (d, 2H), 7.25 (s, 1H) 160 T³²⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 2.60 (s, 3H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 7.27 (s, 1H) 161 T³²¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 2.80 (s, 3H), 3.59 (s, 2H), 7.49 (s, 1H) 162 T²³³ CH₂ L²² ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.98 (d, 6H), 1.30 (t, 3H), 3.55 (s, 2H), 7.77 (s, 1H), 7.79 (s, 1H) 163 T²³³ CH₂ L²³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.90 (d, 6H), 1.65-1.85 (m, 6H), 3.58 (s, 2H), 7.76 (s, 1H), 7.80 (s, 1H) 164 T³²⁵ CH₂ L³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.55-1.80 (m, 8H), 2.60 (s, 3H), 3.67 (s, 2H), 7.25 (s, 1H) 165 T²³¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.95 (d, 3H), 3.65 (s, 2H), 7.70 (d, 1H), 8.16 (d, 1H) 166 T³²⁵ CH₂ L²³ ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.90 (d, 6H), 2.60 (t, 3H), 3.59 (s, 2H), 7.29 (s, 1H) 167 T³⁵⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 168 T⁵²¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 169 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁶⁹ oil 170 T²³³ CH₂ L⁶⁹ oil 171 T¹⁴² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 172 T¹⁴³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 173 T¹⁴⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 174 T¹⁴⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 175 T¹⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 176 T¹⁴⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 177 T¹⁴⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 178 T¹⁵⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 179 T¹⁵¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 180 T¹⁵² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 181 T¹⁴⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 182 T¹⁵³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 183 T¹⁵⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 184 T¹⁵⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 185 T¹⁵⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 186 T¹⁵⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 187 T¹⁵⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 188 T¹⁵⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 189 T¹⁶⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 190 T¹⁶¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 191 T¹⁶² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 192 T¹⁶³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 193 T¹⁶⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 194 T¹⁶⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 195 T¹⁶⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 196 T¹⁶⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 197 T²³⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR(CDCl₃) δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 2.62 (s, 3H), 3.55 (s, 2H), 7.29 (s, 1H), 7.45 (s, 1H). 198 T²³³ CH₂ L⁷² oil 199 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁷² oil 200 T³²⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 201 T²³⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 202 T²³⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 203 T²¹⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 204 T²³³ CH₂ L⁹¹ ¹H-NMR(CDCl₃) δ = 3.62 (d, 2H), 7.80 (s, 2H). 205 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁹¹ oil 206 T⁵¹³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 207 T¹⁶⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 208 T⁴¹⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 54° C. 209 T¹⁶⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 210 T⁵¹⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 211 T⁵¹⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 212 T⁵¹⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 77-78° C. 213 T⁴¹⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 96-97° C. 214 T⁴⁰⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 73-74° C. 215 T⁴¹⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 216 T⁴⁰³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 217 T¹⁷⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 218 T¹⁷¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 219 T¹⁷² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 220 T¹⁷³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 221 T¹⁷⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 222 T¹⁷⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 223 T¹⁷⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 224 T¹⁷⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 225 T¹⁷⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 226 T¹⁷⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 227 T¹⁸⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 228 T¹⁸¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 229 T⁴¹⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 230 T⁴¹⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 231 T¹⁸⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 232 T⁴²⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 233 T⁵¹⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 234 T²⁰³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR(CDCl₃): δ = 0.96 (d, 3H), 3.56 (s, 2H), 7.45 (s, 1H), 7.55 (s, 1H). 235 T⁵¹⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 236 T⁴²¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 237 T⁴²² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 238 T⁴²³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 239 T⁴²⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 240 T⁴²⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 241 T⁴²⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 242 T⁴²⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 243 T⁴²⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 244 T⁴²⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 245 T⁴³⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 246 T⁴³² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 247 T⁴³¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 248 T¹⁹⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 249 T¹⁹¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 250 T¹⁹² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 251 T¹⁹³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 252 T¹⁹⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 253 T¹⁹⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 254 T¹⁸² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 255 T¹⁹⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 256 T¹⁹⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 257 T¹⁹⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 258 T¹⁹⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 259 T⁶⁰⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 260 T⁶⁰¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 261 T⁶⁰² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 262 T⁶⁰³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 263 T⁶⁰⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 264 T¹⁸³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 265 T⁶⁰⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 266 T⁶⁰⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 267 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵³ oil 268 T⁶⁰⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 269 T⁶⁰⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 270 T⁶⁰⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 271 T⁴³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 272 T⁴³⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 273 T⁴³⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 274 T⁴³⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 275 T⁵²² CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 132° C. 276 T⁵²³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 141° C. 277 T⁵²⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 146° C. 278 T⁵²⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 169° C. 279 T⁵²⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 143° C. 280 T⁵²⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 149° C. 281 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁹³ oil 282 T²³³ CH₂ L⁹³ oil 283 T¹⁸⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 284 T¹⁸⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 285 T¹⁸⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 286 T¹⁸⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 287 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁹² oil 288 T²³³ CH₂ L⁹² oil 289 T⁶⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 61° C. 290 T⁷⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ m.p. 73° C. 291 T⁵¹⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR(CDCl₃): δ = 0.96 (d, 3H), 3.5 (s, 2H), 7.23 (s, 2H). 292 T⁴³⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 293 T⁴³⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 294 T²³⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 295 T¹⁴⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 296 T⁴³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 297 T³² CH₂ L⁹³ oil 298 T⁴¹² CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 299 T⁴¹³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 300 T⁵²⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 301 T⁵²⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 302 T⁵³⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 303 T⁵³¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil 304 T⁵²⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ¹H-NMR(CDCl₃): δ = 0.97 (d, 3H), 3.57 (s, 2H), 7.82 (s, 2H). 305 T⁴¹⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ oil

Further compounds not shown in this table can be obtained using further combinations of the groups T, A and L defined. TABLE 2

 Comp. No   R¹   A

  X  Physico-chemical data 1000 T⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 183-184° C. 1001 T³⁹ CH₂ L²⁷ Cl m.p. 218° C. 1002 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ½ SO₄ m.p. 139-141° C. 1003 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁴ Cl m.p. 205° C. 1004 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰

m.p. 172-173° C. 1005 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ CF₃COO m.p. 42-44° C. 1006 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 178-183° C. 1007 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ½ OOC—COO m.p. 165° C. 1008 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰

m.p. 95° C. 1009 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰

m.p. 157° C. 1010 T⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 185-186° C. 1011 T¹⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 213-214° C. 1012 T² CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 164-165° C. 1013 T¹⁰⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 138-139° C. 1014 T¹¹⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 200-202° C. 1015 T¹¹³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 162° C. 1016 T¹¹⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 185° C. 1017 T¹¹⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 139-140° C. 1018 T³⁹ CH₂ L³⁰ Cl m.p. 168-172° C. 1019 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁷⁷ Cl m.p. 230-232° C. 1020 T¹²⁵ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 188° C. 1021 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁷⁹ Cl m.p. 213-215° C. 1022 T¹²⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 200-202° C. 1023 T²⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 233-234° C. 1024 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁴⁴ Cl m.p. 178-179° C. 1025 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸¹ Cl m.p. 195° C. 1026 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸² Cl m.p. 65-110° C. 1027 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸³ Cl m.p. 50-79° C. 1028 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸⁴ Cl m.p. 214-216° C. 1029 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸⁵ Cl m.p. 220-221° C. 1030 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸⁷ Cl m.p. 192-193° C. 1031 T³⁹ CH₂ L¹³ Cl m.p. 210-212° C. 1032 T¹³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl₂ m.p. 270° C. 1033 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸⁸ Cl₂ m.p. 282-283° C. 1034 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁸⁹ Cl m.p. 202° C. 1035 T¹⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 225° C. 1036 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 207-209° C. 1037 T³⁹ CHMe L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 205-210° C. 1038 T⁷¹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 201-204° C. 1039 T³⁹ C(Me)₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 208-210° C. 1040 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ C₈H₁₇COO ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.85 (t, 3H), 0.97 (d, 3H), 3.58 (s, 2H), 7.39 (d, 1H), 7.56 (s, 1H), 7.61 (d, 1H) 1041 T³⁹ CH₂ L³ Cl m.p. 206-208° C. 1042 T³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 198-200° C. 1043 T⁴⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 222-224° C. 1044 T³⁹ CH₂ L²² Cl m.p. 187-189° C. 1045 T²³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ C₈H₁₇COO ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 0.85 (t, 3H), 0.97 (d, 3H), 3.60 (s, 2H), 7.78 (s, 1H), 7.81 (s, 1H) 1046 T²³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ CF₃COO ¹H-NMR (CDCl₃): δ = 1.05 (d, 3H), 4.20 (s, 2H), 8.89 (s, 1H), 8.91 (s, 1H) 1047 T²³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 203-206° C. 1048 T²⁰² CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 172° C. 1049 T²³⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 150° C. 1050 T²³³ CH₂ L⁹¹ Cl m.p. 151° C. 1051 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ CF₃COO m.p. 188° C. 1052 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 212° C. 1053 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ½ SO₄ m.p. 188° C. 1054 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰

m.p. 176° C. 1055 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ ½ OOC—COO m.p. 186° C. 1056 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰

m.p. 128° C. 1057 T²⁰³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 183° C. 1058 T⁵¹⁷ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 192° C. 1059 T⁴⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ EtSO₂O m.p. 132° C. 1060 T²³³ CH₂ L⁵⁰ EtSO₂O m.p. 104° C. 1061 T¹⁶⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 176° C. 1062 T¹⁶⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰

m.p. 161° C. 1063 T³⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ EtSO₂O oil 1064 T²³⁶ CH₂ L⁵⁰ EtSO₂O viscous oil 1065 T¹⁶⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ CF₃COO m.p. 78° C. 1066 T¹⁶⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰

m.p. 100° C. 1067 T¹⁶⁹ CH₂ L⁵⁰ EtSO₂O viscous oil 1068 T⁵¹⁸ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl foam 1069 T¹⁸⁴ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 198° C. 1070 T⁵²⁰ CH₂ L⁵⁰ Cl m.p. 168-170° C.

B. FORMULATION EXAMPLES Example A

A dust is obtained by mixing 10 parts by weight of active compound and 90 parts by weight of talc as inert material and comminuting the mixture in a hammer mill.

Example B

A wettable powder which is readily dispersible in water is obtained by mixing 25 parts by weight of active compound, 65 parts by weight of kaolin-containing quartz as inert material, 10 parts by weight of potassium lignosulfonate and 1 part by weight of sodium oleoylmethyltaurinate as wetter and dispersant and grinding the mixture in a pinned-disk mill.

Example C

A dispersion concentrate which is readily dispersible in water is prepared by mixing 40 parts by weight of active compound with 7 parts by weight of a sulfosuccinic monoester, 2 parts by weight of a sodium lignosulfonate and 51 parts by weight of water and grinding the mixture in a ball mill to a fineness of below 5 microns.

Example D

An emulsifiable concentrate can be prepared from 15 parts by weight of active compound, 75 parts by weight of cyclohexane as solvent and 10 parts by weight of ethoxylated nonylphenol (10 EO) as emulsifier.

Example E

Granules can be prepared from 2 to 15 parts by weight of active compound and an inert granule carrier material such as attapulgite, pumice granules and/or quartz sand. It is expedient to use a suspension of the wettable powder from Example B with a solids content of 30%, which is sprayed onto the surface of the attapulgite granules, and these are dried and mixed intimately. The wettable powder amounts to approximately 5% by weight and the inert carrier material to approximately 95% by weight of the finished granules.

C. BIOLOGICAL EXAMPLES

In the Examples A to M, P to Z and AA to AI below, compounds were considered to be active when, at a concentration of 500 ppm or less, they had an activity on the harmful organisms of 50% or more.

Example A

The leaves of 12 rice plants having a stem length of 8 cm were dipped for 5 seconds into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After the solution had run off, the rice plants treated in this manner were placed into a Petri dish and populated with about 20 larvae (L3 stage) of the rice leafhopper species Nilaparvata lugens. The Petri dish was closed and then stored in a climatized chamber (16 hours of light/day, 25° C., 40-60% relative atmospheric humidity). After 6 days of storage, the mortality among the leafhopper larvae was determined. The compounds of the following examples were active: Nos. 29, 32, 42, 43, 51, 70, 84, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1040, 180, 184, 193, 197, 203, 209, 1059, 264, 265, 1066.

Example B

A Petri dish whose bottom was covered with filter paper and which contained about ml of insect diet was prepared. Pieces of filter paper with about 30, 24-hour-old eggs of the American tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) were dipped for about 5 seconds into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined and were subsequently placed in the Petri dish. A further 200 μl of the aqueous solution were spread over the insect diet. The Petri dish was closed and then stored at about 25° C. in a climatized chamber. After 6 days of storage, the effect of the preparation on the eggs and the larvae which might have hatched from these was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: Nos. 14, 15, 17, 18, 29, 30, 32, 60, 70, 97, 100, 119, 124, 1000, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1011, 1038, 1040, 1042, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047, 1036, 167, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 181, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 197, 201, 1048, 203, 204, 24, 207, 209, 210, 214, 215, 216, 217, 221, 222, 224, 225, 226, 229, 230, 152, 1051, 1052, 1054, 1055, 1056, 232, 234, 1057, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 1063, 236, 239, 240, 241, 244, 245, 246, 247, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 263, 266, 1065, 1067, 270, 271, 272, 273, 283, 284, 285, 286, 289, 290, 291, 292, 295, 296, 300, 301, 302.

Example C

A Petri dish, half of whose bottom was covered with filter paper and which contained a germinated maize corn on a moist cotton pad, was prepared. About 50, 4-5-day-old eggs of the corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) were transferred onto the filter paper. Three drops of 200 μl of an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined were pipetted onto the eggs, and the rest was pipetted onto the maize corn. The Petri dish was closed and stored at about 25° C. in a climatized chamber. After 6 days of storage, the effect of the compound on the eggs and the larvae which might have hatched from these was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: Nos. 17, 18, 31, 32, 43, 58, 60, 70, 152, 1001, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1038, 1040, 1042, 1047, 1036, 185, 189, 190, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 201, 203, 1050, 204, 205, 298, 207, 209, 228, 152, 231, 1051, 1052, 1053, 1054, 1055, 1056, 234, 1057, 1058, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 235, 1063, 1064, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 267, 281, 282, 290, 291, 295, 297.

Example D

Apples were dipped into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. The apples were then populated with 10 L1 larvae of the codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella). After 14 days of storage at about 25° C., the effect of the compound on the larvae was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: Nos. 14, 15, 17, 18, 70, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1036, 1038, 197.

Example E

Leaves of cotton plants were placed into a Petri dish, populated with 10 L2 larvae of the Egyptian cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis) and sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After 4 days of storage at about 23° C., the effect of the compound on the larvae was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: Nos. 18, 70, 1007, 1008, 1009, 1036 und 1038.

Example F

Germinated field bean seeds (Vicia faba) with radicles were transferred into brown glass bottles filled with tap water and subsequently populated with approximately 100 black bean aphids (Aphis fabae). Plants and aphids were then dipped for 5 seconds into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After the solution had run off, plants and animals were stored in a climatized chamber (16 hours of light/day, 25° C., 40-60% relative atmospheric humidity). After 3 and 6 days of storage, the effect of the compound on the aphids was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: 30, 43, 228, 262, 291.

Example G

A Petri dish whose bottom was covered with filter paper and which contained about 5 ml of insect diet is prepared. Five L2 larvae of the Egyptian cotton leafworm (Spodoptera littoralis) were counted into a small beaker. 200 μl of an aqueous solution of the formulated preparation to be examined were pipetted into the beaker. The treated larvae were then poured into the Petri dish, and a further 200 μl of the aqueous solution were distributed over the insect diet. The Petri dish was closed and then stored at about 25° C. in a climatized chamber. After 6 days of storage, the effect of the compound on the larvae was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: 29, 70, 60, 159, 1005, 1040, 1042, 1044, 1045, 1046, 1047.

Example H

In a glass vessel, an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined was added to about 3000 freshly hatched active (mobile) larvae (2nd development stage) of the root gall nematode (Meloidogyne incognita) (final volume 20 ml). After 6 days of permanent exposure of the nematode larvae, the percentage of the individual larvae immobilized by the activity of the compound was determined in comparison to the untreated controls (contact activity). The compounds of the following examples were active: 39, 52, 159, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 1045, 1046, 1047, 179, 183, 187, 1048, 298, 206, 208, 227, 230, 1061, 237, 238, 245, 250, 255, 256, 260, 268, 269, 274, 275, 288, 290.

Example I

Ten L1 larvae of the codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) were placed into a Petri dish filled with insect diet. Insect diet and the larvae used were then sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. The Petri dish was then closed with a lid. After 8 days of storage at about 23° C., the effect of the compound on the larvae was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: 60, 70, 1002, 1005.

Example J

About 20 eggs of the codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella) were placed into a Petri dish filled with insect diet. Insect diet and eggs were then sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. The Petri dish was then closed with a lid. After 8 days of storage at about 23° C., the effect of the compound on the eggs and any larvae which may have hatched therefrom was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: 70, 1036.

Example K

A white cabbage leaf was sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After the spray coating had dried, the treated leaf was populated with larvae of the diamondback moth (Plutella maculipennis). After 3 days of storage at about 23° C., the effect of the compound on the larvae was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: 60, 70, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1036, 197.

Example L

Potato leaves were populated with larvae of the Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). Leaves and larvae were then sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After 4 days of storage at about 25° C., the effect of the compound on the larvae was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: 60, 70, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1036, 1047, 197.

Example M

The formulated compound was mixed with defibrinated cattle blood. 10 adult cat fleas (Ctenocephalides felis) were fed with this blood-preparation mixture. After 48 hours at about 38° C., the effect of the compound on the fleas was determined (mortality). The compounds of the following examples were active: 70, 1002, 1004, 1005, 1036, 60, 197, 1057.

Example N

Test 1

Disks of beet leaves (diameter 49 mm) were placed onto 20% agar in Petri dishes made of plastic (diameter 9 cm). Each dish was populated with 10 adults of Phaedon cochleariae which were cultivated on beets. The compound to be examined was prepared in an aqueous, 50% by volume strength acetone solution. The solution of the compound was then sprayed onto the infected leaf disks using a Potter tower, at an application rate of 660 liters per hectare. Each experiment was carried out with 4 repetitions. In the controls, the infected leaf disks were only sprayed with the 50% strength aqueous acetone solution, if at all.

After 48 h, the mortality was determined and, using Abbott's formula, compared to the mortality of the controls. The LD₉₀ concentration (dosage which leads to 90% mortality, here stated in % by weight) as then calculated. The compounds of Examples 14, 18, 29, 33, 152, 1001 and 1039 showed an LD₉₀ at a dosage of 0.05% or less.

Test 2

Instead of Phaedon cochleariae, 5 Pieris brassicae larvae of the 2nd development stage were used. The test was carried out analogously to the procedure described in Test 1. The compounds of Examples 14, 29, 33, 100, 152, 1005 and 1039 showed an LD₉₀ at a dosage of 0.006% or less.

Test 3

Instead of Pieris brassicae, 10 Plutella xylostella larvae of the 2nd development stage were used. The test was carried out analogously to the procedure described in Test 2. The compounds of Examples 4, 6, 7, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 24, 25, 26, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 152, 1000, 1001, 1005 and 1039 showed an LD₉₀ at a dosage of 0.05% or less.

Test 4

The compound to be examined was dissolved in pure acetone and mixed into soil having a moisture of about 10%. The solvent was evaporated, and in each case 5 g of treated soil were then filled into a tube, and 0.5 ml of water was added. 10 Gryllus bimaculatus nymphs (1st development stage) and a disk of green cabbage as a source of food were placed into each tube. Each experiment was carried out with 4 repetitions. The controls were untreated soil and soil which had been treated only with acetone. The ventilated tubes were cultivated at 25° C. for 48 h, after which the mortality was determined.

Taking into account the control mortality, the LC₉₀ was determined as ppm concentration in the soil, using Abbott's formula. The compounds of Examples 152 and 1039 showed an LC₉₀ at a concentration of 50 ppm or less.

Test 5

The compound to be examined was dissolved in pure acetone, and a small amount of this solution was applied to the surface of a milk-yeast-agar diet (5 ml) in a small sample glass (7 cm×2.5 cm). After 24 h, about 10 Lucilia sericata larvae of the 1 st development stage were placed on the treated diet. Each experiment was carried out with 3 repetitions. The diet in the tubes of the control was treated only with an equivalent amount of acetone. The ‘minimum effective dose’ (MED) was defined as the lowest dosage at which the further development of the larvae is stopped, and as a consequence, there is no subsequent hatching of adult flies.

The compounds of Example 4 and 1039 showed an MED at 100 μg/glass or less.

Test 6

The compound to be examined was made up in an aqueous 50% by volume strength acetone solution. Two-week-old Boophilus microplus larvae which were sandwiched between 2 disks of filter paper were dipped for 4 minutes into the solution of the compound. Each experiment was carried out with two repetitions. The corresponding controls were only treated with the 50% strength aqueous acetone solution. The larvae were then placed onto new filter paper disks and stored at about 25° C. and 95% relative atmospheric humidity. The ‘minimum effective concentration’ (MEC) was defined as the lowest concentration, expressed in % by weight of the compound to be examined in the solution, at which 100% mortality occurred within 48 h. The compounds of Examples 2, 4, 6, 9, 20, 22, 25, 27, 28 and 32 had an MEC of 0.04% or less.

Test 7

The compound to be examined was made up in an aqueous, 50% by volume strength acetone solution. Female cattle ticks (Boophilus microplus) which had sucked themselves full and had fallen off in a natural manner from artifically infected calves were washed and dried. With constant stirring, they were then dipped for 1 minute into the solution of the compound. After the solution had run off, the females were transferred into small sample glasses (7 cm×2.5 cm) and stored in an incubator at 30° C. and 94% relative atmospheric humidity. Each experiment involved 2×10 female ticks. The control group was treated only with the 50% strength aqueous acetone solution. Mortality and deposition of eggs were analyzed six days after treatment. The ‘minimum effective concentration’ (MEC) was defined as the lowest concentration, expressed in % by weight of the compound to be examined in the solution, at which the ticks were no longer able to produce viable eggs. The compounds of Examples 20, 27 and 32 had an MEC of less than 0.2%.

Example O

Test 1

The compound to be examined was dissolved in pure acetone, and a standard cockroach bait mixture comprising mainly water, corn syrup and glycerol, and minor portions of poultry liver and starch with small amounts of hydroxymethylcellulose, propyl- and methyl-para-hydroxybenzoic acid and an attractant scent was added. After the acetone had evaporated, 0.1 g of the bait was placed into a box made of plastic, and 20 adult Blattella germanica (in each case 10 male and 10 female) were then added (‘no choice’ test). After 7 days, the effect was determined. Present in the bait in an amount of 0.5% by weight, the compounds of Examples 70 and 1036 caused a mortality of 45% and 100%, respectively. When present in the bait in an amount of 1.0% by weight, the compounds of Examples 70 and 1036 additionally had a repellent effect.

Test 2

The compound to be examined was dissolved in pure acetone, and a standard cockroach bait mixture comprising mainly water, corn syrup and glycerol, and minor portions of poultry liver and starch with small amounts of hydroxymethylcellulose, propyl- and methyl-para-hydroxybenzoic acid and an attractant scent was added. After evaporation of the acetone, 0.1 g of the bait prepared in this manner and 0.1 g of an identical bait without test compound were placed into a box made of plastic. 20 adult Blattella germanica (in each case 10 male and 10 female) were then placed into the box (‘choice’ test). After 7 days, the effect was determined. Present in the bait in an amount of 0.5% by weight, the compounds of Examples 70 and 1036 caused a mortality of 30% and 60%, respectively. When present in the bait in an amount of 1.0% by weight, the compounds of Examples 70 and 1036 had a repellent effect without mortality, since the baits with the test compounds were not fed on.

Test 3

The compound to be examined was dissolved in pure acetone, and small amounts thereof were pipetted into vessels containing in each case 100 ml of water. Mosquito larvae of the 2nd development stage of Aedes aegypti, Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus were pipetted into each of the vessels. After 24 h, the effect was determined. At 100 ppm, the compounds of Examples 70 and 1036 caused a mortality of 100% among the larvae of Aedes aegypti, Anopheles arabiensis and Culex quinquefasciatus.

Test 4

In each case 50 mg of the compound to be examined were dissolved in pure acetone and pipetted onto an evaporation felt mat free of active compound (syn. ‘Emanator Mat’; ®Bengal Mosquito Mats, Zobele Industrie Chimiche S.p.A., Via Fersina, Trento, Italy). After the acetone had evaporated, the evaporation felt mat prepared in this manner was placed into an electric heater (®Bengal Heater, Zobele Industrie Chimiche S.p.A., Via Fersina, Trento, Italy). On heating of the felt mat at 150° C., the compound to be examined was volatilized in a test chamber having a volume of 2 m³. The activity of the compound was tested using in each case 100 female adult mosquitoes—Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus—with 3 repetitions. Evaluation for immobility (syn. ‘knockdown’) was carried out at one-minute intervals and terminated after a total of 20 minutes. In 50% of the female Aedes aegypti, the compounds of Example 70 and 1036 caused a knockdown (syn. KT₅₀; ‘knockdown time of 50% of individuals’, i.e. the time after which 50% of the mosquitoes were immobilized) after 12 and 11.5 minutes, respectively. For Culex quinquefasciatus, the KT₅₀ was 8 and 9.25 minutes.

Test 5

In each case 50 mg of the compound to be examined were dissolved in pure acetone and pipetted onto an evaporation felt mat free of active compound (syn. ‘Emanator Mat’; ®Bengal Mosquito Mats, Zobele Industrie Chimiche S.p.A., Via Fersina, Trento, Italy). After the acetone had evaporated, the evaporation felt mat prepared in this manner was used once for 20 minutes and then stored for 2 weeks. Subsequently, the prepared evaporation felt mat was examined once more. The test was carried out according to the procedure described in test 4. In the case of Aedes aegypti, the compounds of Example 70 and 1036 caused a KT₅₀ of 11 and 10.5 minutes, respectively. In the case of Culex quinquefasciatus, the KT₅₀ was 7.5 and 9 minutes, respectively.

Example P

A cabbage leaf was dipped for about 5 seconds into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After drying, the cabbage leaf treated in this manner was transferred into a container and populated with 10 larvae of the diamondback moth (Plutella maculipennis). The container was then closed with a lid. After 3 days of storage at about 23° C., the effect of the compound on the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 70, 60, 209.

Example Q

Cut stems of bean plants (Phaseolus vulgaris) carrying one leaf were transferred into brown glass bottles filled with tap water and subsequently populated with approximately 100 spider mites (Tetranychus urticae). The plant leaf and the spider mites were then dipped for 5 seconds into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After the solution had run off, plants and animals were stored in a climatized chamber (16 hours of light/day, 25° C., 40-60% relative atmospheric humidity). After 6 days of storage, the mortality of the compound on all stages of the spider mites was determined. The following examples were active: 299, 305, 206, 268, 269, 287.

Example R

Germinated field bean seeds (Vicia faba) with radicles were transferred into brown glass bottles filled with tap water. Four milliliters of an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined were pipetted into the brown glass bottle. The field bean was then heavily populated with approximately 100 black bean aphids (Aphis fabae). Plant and animals were then stored in a climatized chamber (16 hours of light/day, 25° C., 40-60% relative atmospheric humidity). After 3 and 6 days of storage, the root-systemic activity of the compound on the aphids was determined (mortality). The following examples were active: 184, 186, 305, 220, 265.

Example S

A Petri dish whose bottom was covered with filter paper and which contains about 5 ml of insect diet is prepared. Five L2 larvae of sugar beet army worm (Spodoptera exigua) were counted into a small beaker. 200 μl of an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined were pipetted into the beaker. The treated larvae were then poured into the Petri dish and a further 200 μl of the aqueous solution were distributed over the insect diet. The Petri dish was closed and then stored at 25° C. in a climatized chamber. After 6 days of storage, the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 175, 184, 1051, 1054, 1055, 234, 1057, 1059, 1060, 1063, 243, 245, 251, 257, 259, 266, 1065, 1067, 290, 291.

Example T

10 larvae of the turnip moth (Agrotis segetum) were placed into a Petri dish filled with insect diet. Insect diet and the larvae employed were then sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. The Petri dish was then closed with a lid. After 7 days of storage at about 23° C., the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following example was active: 70.

Example U

Rice seed was germinated on moist cotton in cultivation glasses. After the plants had grown to a stem length of approximately 8 cm, the leaves were sprayed to run-off point with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After the solution had run off, the treated rice plants were placed in cultivation containers and populated with in each case 10 larvae (L3 stage) of the rice leafhopper species Nilaparvata lugens. Plants and animals were stored in a climatized chamber (16 hours of light/day, 25° C., 40-60% relative atmospheric humidity). After 4 days of storage, the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following example was active: 70.

Example V

Insect diet (as freeze-dried cube) was dipped into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined and then placed into a Petri dish. 10 L2 larvae of the American tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) were then added. The Petri dish was then closed with a lid. After 4 days of storage at about 23° C., the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 60.

Example W

2.4 ml of an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined were pipetted into a bottle filled with 21.6 ml of water. A 14-day-old cabbage plant was transferred into the bottle. After one week, the plant was populated with 5 larvae of the diamondback moth (Plutella maculipennis). Plants and animals were then stored in a climatized chamber (23° C., 40-60% relative atmospheric humidity). After 3 days of storage, the root-systemic activity of the compound on the larvae was determined (mortality). The following examples were active: 1036, 70, 60.

Example X

Insect diet (as freeze-dried cube) was dipped into an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined and then placed into a Petri dish. 10 L2 larvae of the sugar beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) were then added. The Petri dish was then closed with a lid. After 4 days of storage at about 23° C., the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 60.

Example Y

Cotton plants were sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After drying, leaves were cut off, placed into a Petri dish and populated with 5 L2 larvae of the sugar beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua). After 4 days of storage at about 23° C., the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 70, 60, 1047, 197.

Example Z

Cotton leaves were populated with 5 L2 larvae of the sugar beet armyworm (Spodoptera exigua) and then sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After 4 days of storage at about 23° C., the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 70, 60, 1047, 197.

Example M

Insect diet was mixed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined and populated with 10 L1 larvae of the codling moth (Carpocapsa pomonella). After 14 days of storage at about 23° C., the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 70, 197.

Example AB

Cotton leaves were placed into a Petri dish, populated with 5 L2 larvae of the American tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens) and sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After 4 days of storage at about 25° C., the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 70, 1047, 197.

Example AC

An aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined was mixed with soil. After 0d, 21d and 42d, eggs of the southern corn rootworm (Diabrotica undecimpunctata) were placed together with 2 pre-swollen maize corns into a dish, covered with the treated soil and moisted with 10 ml of water. Soil and eggs were placed in a greenhouse (23° C., 60% relative atmosphere humidity). After 2 weeks of storage, the effect of the compound on the eggs and any larvae hatched therefrom was determined (mortality). The following examples were active: 70, 60, 197, 204.

Example AD

For oviposition, bush beans (Phaseolus vulgaris) were populated for 48 hours with adults of the white fly (Trialeurodes vaporariorum). After the larvae had hatched, the plants were sprayed to run-off point with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined. After 11 days, the larvicidal action was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 70, 60, 1040, 197.

Example AE

An aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined was mixed with soil. ⅔ of the soil were filled into a pot and a pregerminated maize corn and about 30 larvae of the turnip moth (Agrotis segetum) were added and covered with the remaining soil. Soil and larvae were placed in a greenhouse (23° C., 60% relative atmospheric humidity). After 7 days of storage, the mortality among the larvae was determined. The following example was active: 70

Example AF

The formulated compound was pipetted onto filter paper. After the solvent had evaporated, 20-30 tick larvae (Rhipicephalus sanguineus) were placed onto the filter paper. After 24 hours at about 25° C., the effect of the compound on the ticks was determined (mortality). The following examples were active: 197, 1057.

Example AG

190 μl of culture solution and about 20 eggs of the yellow fever mosquito (Aedes aegypti) were placed into each well of a microtiter plate. After the larvae had hatched, 10 μl of an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined were added with a pipette. After 3 days of storage at 25° C. and 60% relative atmospheric humidity, the larvicidal activity of the compound was determined. The following examples were active: 209, 211, 213, 215, 216, 218, 219, 234, 1057, 1059, 1060, 1061, 1062, 235, 1064, 242, 244, 245, 248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 254, 256, 258, 259, 261, 264, 265, 266, 1065, 1066, 1067, 1068, 1069, 267, 289, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 301, 303.

Example AH

Cotton leaves were placed into a Petri dish, sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined and, after drying, populated with 5 L2 larvae of the American tobacco budworm (Heliothis virescens). After 2, 3 and 4 days of storage at about 25° C., the antifeeding activity of the compound on the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 70, 60.

Example AI

A potato plant was sprayed with an aqueous solution of the formulated compound to be examined and, together with an untreated plant, placed in a cage. The cage was populated with 100 larvae of the Colorado beetle (Leptinotarsa decemlineata). After 1 and 3 days of storage at about 25° C., the repellent effect of the compound on the larvae was determined. The following examples were active: 1036, 70, 60. 

1. A method for controlling harmful arthropods and/or helminths, which comprises applying to these or to the plants or animals, areas or substrates infected by them an effective amount of a compound of the formula (I)

or an N-oxide or salt thereof, wherein: a) R¹ is heteroaryl, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals; b) A is a group CR⁴R⁵ or C═O, wherein: R⁴ is hydrogen or alkyl; and R⁵ is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical; and c) R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form N-heteroaryl or N-heterocyclyl, unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals.
 2. A compound of the formula (I)

or its N-oxide or salt, wherein: a) R¹ is heteroaryl which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals; b) A is a group CR⁴R⁵ or C═O, wherein R⁴ is hydrogen or alkyl; and R⁵ is hydrogen or a hydrocarbon radical; and c) R² and R³ together with the nitrogen atom to which they are attached form a piperidine radical which is unsubstituted or mono- or polysubstituted by identical or different radicals.
 3. A process for preparing a compound of the formula (I) as claimed in claim 2, which comprises reacting a compound of the formula (II) R¹—X  (II) wherein: X is —O—SO₂—CF₃ or halogen and R¹ is as defined in formula (I) as claimed in claim 2 in the presence of a palladium catalyst, a base and a copper(I) salt with a compound of the formula (III)

wherein A, R² and R³ are as defined in formula (I) as claimed in claim
 2. 4. A pesticidal composition, comprising at least one compound of the formula (I) as claimed in claim 2 and at least one formulation auxiliary.
 5. A pesticidal composition for application as an insecticidal, acaricidal or nematicidal composition comprising an insecticidally, acaricidally or nematicidally effective amount of at least one compound of the formula (I) as claimed in claim 2 together with additives or auxiliaries customary for this application.
 6. A pesticidal composition, comprising an insecticidally, acaricidally or nematicidally effective amount of at least one compound of the formula (I) as claimed in claim 2 and at least one further active compound together with auxiliaries and additives customary for this application.
 7. A pesticidal composition for application in the protection of wood or as a preservative in sealants, in paints, in cooling lubricants for metal working or in drilling and cutting oils, comprising an insecticidally, acaricidally or nematicidally effective amount of at least one compound of the formula (I) as claimed in claim 2 together with auxiliaries and additives customary for these applications.
 8. A veterinary medicament comprising an insecticidally, acaricidally or nematicidally effective amount of a compound as claimed in claim 2 together with at least one additive or auxiliary customary for veterinary administration.
 9. A seed, treated or coated with an insecticidally, acaricidally or nematicidally effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) as claimed in claim
 2. 10. A seed, treated or coated with an insecticidally, acaricidally or nematicidally effective amount of a composition as claimed in claim
 4. 11. A method for controlling harmful arthropods and/or helminths, which comprises applying to these or to the plants or animals, areas or substrates infected by them an arthropodicidally or helminthicidally effective amount of a compound of the formula (I) as claimed in claim
 2. 